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Git tip: switch to previous branch (programming.dev)
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You can use git switch - to switch to the previous branch. In the following example, we see switching back and forth between branches main and my_dev_branch:

C:\git\my-repo [my_dev_branch]> git switch -
Switched to branch 'main'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.
C:\git\my-repo [main ≡]> git switch -
Switched to branch 'my_dev_branch'
C:\git\my-repo [my_dev_branch]>

Edit: Old habits die hard. Updated to use switch instead of checkout since switch has a clearer responsibility. Obviously they work exactly the same for this scenario.

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[–] crystelium@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

This led me down a real rabbit hole of looking at what you can do with git commands, very neat.

There's a few more things you can do which I found, like switching to the Nth branch you last had checked out: https://www.w3docs.com/snippets/git/how-to-checkout-the-previous-branch.html