Checkout the previous git branch
Today I needed to checkout a branch, pull the latest, then checkout dev, pull the latest, and merge dev into my branch.
This flow is pretty typical of my work, but I wondered: is there an easier way to go back to the previous branch in git?
Turns out there is, and StackOverflow came to the rescue:
git checkout -
This command will checkout the most recent branch. For more of an explanation, read the full response on StackOverflow.
To complete the steps above, I could run the following commands:
git checkout feature/branch-with-a-long-name
git pull
git checkout dev
git pull
git checkout -
git merge dev
If I can remember that command, it will be more efficient that going back through my command history. Hope that helps you too!
Happy version controlling!