Jakub Narebski <jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Currently, I can do: >> >> # Oh, what did this look like two commits ago? >> $ git checkout HEAD^^ >> # Ah, OK, let's go back to the tip >> $ git checkout branch-name >> ^^^^^^^^^^^ >> But I have to remember and re-type the branch name. > > No, you don't have. You can use > $ git checkout ORIG_HEAD > or > $ git checkout HEAD@{1} But the point is he wants to go back to the branch he came from. He does not want to detach HEAD at the original commit. Having said that, I am not sympathetic to "I have to remember". - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html