Git : Delete a branch and go back to the previous status

Question

I was working in branch "tree" containing three files xc, yc and zc (all are committed). I created a new branch "stack" (inside "tree"), added two files wc, zc Then I remembered "stack" should have been created from "DataStructure". So I switched back to "tree" and deleted the branch "stack" (git -d branch stack).

But in "tree" xc, yc zc && wc, zc are present. How will I get the previous status of tree branch (only xc, yc zc files).

I tried: git reset --hard sha_of_last_commit_in_tree , didn't work.

Answer 1

After you did git reset --hard last_commit_in_tree what's git status of your files in repo? Are they all in index? Where do you see them? I agree with @Saifu Khan it seems you forgot to switch to stack branch. Look at "git log tree" to understand what happend in this branch.