Thanks Tekkub. I double posted and got it resolved from the IRC channel.
Also posted on github support http://support.github.com/discussions/repos/1299-deleted-master-branch On Sep 5, 5:36 pm, Tekkub <[email protected]> wrote: > If you know the last sha1 the branch was at, you can do this fairly easily > from your own clone (if it has the commits where the branch was at). > > > git branch newbranch <sha> > > git push origin newbranch:master > > You can probably dig up the sha from the github event log, or you could dig > around in the reflag of the repo you had been pushing from: > > git reflog show master > > Tekkub > GitHub Tech Support > http://support.github.com/ > Join us on IRC: #github on freenode.net > Discussion group: [email protected] > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I accidentally deleted the master branch of my repository. > > > mar...@marcus-laptop:~/dev/givechange$ git push origin :master > > To [email protected]:mericsson/givechange.git > > - [deleted] master > > > Any way I can get back the master branch? I believe my only option is > > to push the other branch that I've been working in to master. If I do > > that, can I get back the master branch settings... such as post commit > > pushes? There are also a few other people working in different > > branches (all started from master), will they be affected? > > > Thanks. > > > Hoping I didn't just cause myself a serious headache, > > Marcus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GitHub" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/github?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
