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Sridhar Sarnobat
Sridhar Sarnobat

Reputation: 25296

git checkout PREV

Is there a simple way to switch back to the branch you were most recently on prior to the current one? The same concept as "cd -" from the command line.

When working on multiple branches, this can be useful.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 116

Answers (2)

Trebor Rude
Trebor Rude

Reputation: 1954

I never would have found this without the answer from @KlasMellbourn, but this is actually mentioned in the git-checkout(1) man page (in the portion describing <branch>):

As a special case, the "@{-N}" syntax for the N-th last branch checks out the
branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify - which is synonymous with
"@{-1}".

Upvotes: 1

Klas Mellbourn
Klas Mellbourn

Reputation: 44437

Just do:

git checkout -

Note the dash. This checks out the latest branch you were on before the current one.

As you can see, the syntax is analogous to cd -

Upvotes: 3

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