If you use git, you’re running git checkout $BRANCH all the time. Everyone
likes a fast checkout at the grocery store. How about making your git checkouts
fast, too? Since I do it so often, I want it to go as fast as possible, and I
bet you do too.
Are you … hot blooded?!
git checkout - (that’s git checkout followed by a dash) is the bee’s knees.
It switches back to the branch you were on previously. If you run it again,
you’re toggled back to the first branch. A useful comparison is cd -, which as
you may know takes you back to your most recent directory. Here’s an example:
$ git branch
alternate
* master
$ git checkout alternate
$ git branch
* alternate
master
$ git checkout -
# Now we're back to master!
$ git branch
alternate
* master
What are your favorite git tips and tricks?