Git Recovery and Reflog/Recover deleted branch from reflog

Recreate a branch from recovered commit ID.

Section: Common Recovery Scenarios

Recover deleted branch from reflog

bash
bash
git checkout -b recovered <dangling_or_reflog_commit>

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