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  

for example:

git checkout -b branch_name e562d13