Can I recover a branch after its deletion in Git?

Question

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?

Answer 1

If you like to use a GUI, you can perform the entire operation with gitk.

gitk --reflog

This will allow you to see the branch's commit history as if the branch hadn't been deleted. Now simply right click on the most recent commit to the branch and select the menu option Create new branch.