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How to get a list of branches from a remote repository?​

git fetch --all

How to check the status of the current branch?​

git status

How to display the name of the current branch?​

Current branch name
git branch --show-current
List of all branches
git branch

How to create a new branch?​

Create a new branch
git branch <branch_name>
Create a new branch and switch to it
git checkout -b <branch_name>

How to switch to a branch?​

git checkout <branch_name>

How to delete a branch?​

Delete a local branch
git branch -d <branch_name>
Delete a remote branch
git push -d origin <branch_name>

For forced deletion, you can use the -f flag.

How to restore a deleted branch?​

If the branch was merged with the main branch, you can easily find the required commit:

$ git log --merges --oneline --all

c58d979 Merge pull request #109 from alekseynemiro/MDSWTCH-108
b166f35 Merge pull request #107 from alekseynemiro/MDSWTCH-106
698a6ea Merge pull request #105 from alekseynemiro/MDSWTCH-104
436435d Merge pull request #102 from alekseynemiro/MDSWTCH-97

Using the git show command, you can get the hashes of the branches that participated in the merge.

In the following example, 13eeb27 is the branch into which the data was merged (usually master), and 05215eb is the branch being merged (the branch that needs to be restored).

$ git show b166f35

commit b166f3556519970b1a42b306aa459a465eb9790f
Merge: 13eeb27 05215eb
Author: Aleksey Nemiro <aleksey@kbyte.ru>
Date:   Fri Oct 13 18:10:45 2023 +0300

    Merge pull request #107 from alekseynemiro/MDSWTCH-106

    106_to_v1.2: Cannot read property 'backdrop' of undefined

To restore the branch, it is enough to create it from the found hash.

In the following example, the MDSWTCH-106 branch will be restored:

git checkout -b MDSWTCH-106 05215eb