How do you recover a deleted branch?

Short answer: If you deleted a branch accidentally but haven’t run garbage collection yet, it can be recovered using the commit log. Steps: Find the last commit of that branch: git reflog Example output: abc1234 refs/heads/feature/login: commit: Add login validation

Real-world example (ShopNest)

Feature work for “UPI payment” lives on feature/upi-payment. Open a PR to main; resolve conflicts before merge.

Say this in the interview

1. Define — one clear sentence (the short answer above).
2. Example — relate it to a project like ShopNest or your real work.
3. Trade-off — when you would not use it.