Return to previous branch

Isabelle Viktoria Maciohsek · Git, Branch · Apr 13, 2021

Switches back to the last branch.

• Use git checkout - to switch back to the previous branch.

git checkout -

git checkout patch-1
git checkout master
git checkout - # Switches to `patch-1`

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