I just deleted the wrong branch with some experimental changes I need with git branch -D branchName.
How do I recover the branch?
Git undo local branch delete
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10 Answers
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
This worked for me:
git fsck --full --no-reflogs --unreachable --lost-found
git show d6e883ff45be514397dcb641c5a914f40b938c86
git branch helpme 15e521b0f716269718bb4e4edc81442a6c11c139
If you deleted a branch via Source Tree, you could easily find the SHA1 of the deleted branch by going to View -> Show Command History.
It should have the next format:
Deleting branch ...
...
Deleted branch %NAME% (was %SHA1%)
...
Then just follow the original answer.
git branch branchName <sha1>
if you deleted a branch using GUI of a Jetbrains IDE(Goland, phpstorm etc)
go to
git windows(left-down corner of IDE) -> console tab -> now you can see log of executed commands by IDE and find the branch name and SHA1 from this log
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