Sometimes—more specifically, after a sleepless night—you might accidentally delete a Git branch (using extreme force) without merging it into your development branch. Sound familiar? It happened to me too.
Thankfully, Git is smart and capable of recovering your "vanished" code—just another reason why I love using Git.
Here’s how I restored my deleted branch:
First, run this command to see all your commits and find the SHA-1 hash of the latest commit from the deleted branch:
<pre><code class="lang-powershell">git reflog
</code></pre>
Once you have the commit hash, use the following command to check it out:
<pre><code class="lang-powershell">git checkout &lt;your-lost-commit&gt;
</code></pre>
Now, with <code>HEAD</code> pointing to your commit, create a new branch:
<pre><code class="lang-powershell">git checkout -b LostAndFound
</code></pre>
And there you go—you’ve got your code back!

Sometimes—more specifically, after a sleepless night—you might accidentally delete a Git branch (using extreme force) without merging it into your development branch. Sound familiar? It happened to me too.

Thankfully, Git is smart and capable of recovering your "vanished" code—just another reason why I love using Git.

Here’s how I restored my deleted branch:

First, run this command to see all your commits and find the SHA-1 hash of the latest commit from the deleted branch:

```powershell
git reflog
```

Once you have the commit hash, use the following command to check it out:

```powershell
git checkout <your-lost-commit>
```

Now, with `HEAD` pointing to your commit, create a new branch:

```powershell
git checkout -b LostAndFound
```

And there you go—you’ve got your code back!

Accidentally deleted a Git branch without merging? Here is how to recover your lost code

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My journey through trial, error, and discovery as I explore new software tools and libraries. These are notes for future me and for anyone else who might find them useful.
