I was going to suggest Mill Creek too. They're not the cheapest but they're reliable and actually show up when they say they will. That's worth a lot for commercial work.

Oh man, my friend did the same thing to me about my music picks. Now I'm out here trying to get people to listen to bands that broke up after one album.

Version control is a great tool, but calling it the only fix for this kind of problem is a bit off. The real issue was having no backup at all (which is a separate habit to learn). You could have just made a copy of your project folder each day and been fine. Git is powerful, but it adds a learning curve when you're already stressed about a deadline. A simple manual backup would have saved your work just as well in that moment.