LinuxQuestions.org - [SOLVED] unable to git fetch

I created a local repository and command ls -al shows it is .git. I edited a file and want to revert back to the original. The edited version of the file was renamed leaving no file of that name in the directory. I tried these two commands along with some others.

Code:

git fetch .git parser.odt

Code:

git fetch ./.git parser.odt

The response is

Quote:

fatal: Couldn't find remote ref parser.odt
fatal: The remote end hung up unexpectedly

the file was added some days ago with

Code:

git add parser.odt

git commit

The git commit started a vi editor where I edited in comments and saved with ctl-ZZ

What must be changed to get a copy of that file?

EDIT: I am looking at: git --help and the most commonly used commands do not include any command to show what is in the repository. How is that done to ensure that the files were really saved?