Git undo local branch delete

Question

I just deleted the wrong branch with some experimental changes I need with git branch -D branchName.

How do I recover the branch?

Answer 1

If you just deleted the branch, you will see something like this in your terminal:

Deleted branch branch_name(was e562d13)

• where e562d13 is a unique ID (a.k.a. the "SHA" or "hash"), with this you can restore the deleted branch.

To restore the branch, use:

git checkout -b <branch_name> <sha>

for example:

git checkout -b branch_name e562d13 

Answer 2

Follow these Steps:

1: Enter:

git reflog show 

This will display all the Commit history, you need to select the sha-1 that has the last commit that you want to get back

2: create a branch name with the Sha-1 ID you selected eg: 8c87714

git branch your-branch-name 8c87714