I switched to a older commit with: git checkout $HASH to look for something i did in an older version of my directory. Now i want to go back to the newest commit, but i cant find the Hash for that anymore? when i do a git log it just shows the older commits from the commit i am currently at. How can i switch to the newest commit again?
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Possible duplicate of [Is there any way to git checkout previous branch?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7206801/is-there-any-way-to-git-checkout-previous-branch) – sashoalm Nov 10 '17 at 15:56
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git checkout <branch>, e.g. git checkout master.
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@Adam: you're right, deleted that. My testing was sloppy, apparently. – Fred Foo Apr 22 '11 at 09:25
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Use the name of the branch on which you worked before
git checkout [branch]
If for some reason you don't know the name, you can find the previous position in the reflog
git reflog
It gives you a list of commits on which you worked in the past, where the first position is the most recent one.
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Also: `git checkout -`, which is short for `git checkout @{-1}`. The `@{-N}` syntax means “Nth most-recent checkout”. – Chris Johnsen Apr 23 '11 at 11:54