Inspect branch and HEAD movements with readable times.
Section: Recovery and Debugging
Show reflog with local timestamps
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git reflog --date=localExplanation
Reflog is one of the most important recovery tools in Git because it records local reference updates even after history rewriting.
Learn the surrounding workflow
Compare similar commands or jump into common fixes when this command is part of a bigger troubleshooting path.
Related commands
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Check repository integrity
Verify object connectivity and repository health.
Start a bisect session
Begin a binary search to find the commit that introduced a bug.
Interactive rebase last 5 commits
Open the last 5 commits in the interactive rebase todo list.
Create an additional worktree for a branch
Check out another branch in a separate directory without cloning again.
Cherry-pick a range without committing
Apply commit changes into the index and working tree first.