Recover detached head commit

Question

Suppose following scenario.

1. Create a branch in a local git repository on the master branch.

2. Checkout new branch and do some commits.

3. Checkout master branch again.

4. Delete the newly created branch.

Now, Is there a way to go back to the last commit I made in the newly created branch if I do not remember the commit id of it?

Answer 1

You can do a:

git checkout HEAD@{1}

or if you use a recent version of git:

git checkout -