If I run git branch -d XYZ, is there a way to recover the branch? Is there a way to go back as if I didn’t run the delete branch command?
If I run git branch -d XYZ , is there a way to recover
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If I run git branch -d XYZ, is there a way to recover the branch? Is there a way to go back as if I didn’t run the delete branch command?
Yes, you should be able to do
git reflog --no-abbrevand find the SHA1 for the commit at the tip of your deleted branch, then justgit checkout [sha]. And once you’re at that commit, you can justgit checkout -b [branchname]to recreate the branch from there.Credit to @Cascabel for this condensed/one-liner version and @Snowcrash for how to obtain the sha.
If you’ve just deleted the branch you’ll see something like this in your terminal
Deleted branch <your-branch> (was <sha>). Then just use that<sha>in this one-liner: