Undo moved branch in GitX

Question

I accidentally moved a branch in GitX (drag&drop using the mouse) onto another branch. Now, both branch labels point at the same tip(!) and I cannot see the commits done on the moved branch.

Using git reflog I wanted to see that change and undo it, but nothing got logged.

What is the recommended way (graphical or in terminal) to undo that move operation from GitX? Menu->Edit->Undo does not offer going back.

(Background: I thought that the move operation would also carry the commits, i.e., like a rebase, but it doesn't.)

Answer 1

My understanding: You had

A-B-C  master
 \D-E develop

You then accidentally moved develop on commit C (same as master).

You then get

A-B-C (master, develop)
 \D-E

If you want to move branch "develop" back to "commitE", you should use the git branch command:

git branch -f <branch-name> <starting-point>

The command has to be used when your HEAD is on another branch. So in the example above, I would do:

git checkout master

So that my HEAD is located on branch "master", followed by

git branch -f develop commitE

This should switch you back to your initial state, i.e.

A-B-C  master
 \D-E develop