Go to the previous branch

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You probably already know that cd - in Bash or Zsh changes the directory to its previous location (where it was before).
Git offers a feature in the same vein that is git checkout - that jumps to the branch you were on previously.
Say for instance you first are on the master branch then jump on the develop branch.
Finally you can use git checkout - to go back to the master branch.

# ~~~ Jump on the master branch
git checkout master

# ~~~ Jump on the develop branch
git checkout develop

# ~~~ Go back to the previous branch (we were on before, ie. master in this example)
git checkout -