TortoiseGit: How do I temporarily switch to an earlier version

Question

In Git I have made a bunch of changes to my master branch, and I also have created a tag called 'BeforeDynamicCasts'. I wish to temporarily switch to 'BeforeDynamicCasts', and then revert back to my master branch.. How can I do this?

I can do switch/checkout to the tag, but not sure how to get back to the master branch afterwards. Is this the correct way to do it? Last time I did this I was not able to get back to my original master branch.

Answer 1

• Explorer -> Switch/Checkout
• Select branch, master
• OK

Answer 2

To be able to go back to the old HEAD after testing the older version I do this (because the old master branch doens't show up anymore in the log after going back):

• Explorer -> Tortoise git ->show log: write down first 8 characters of SHA of last commit (HHEAD)
• Explorer -> Tortoise git Switch/Checkout: select older version, click OK
• play around with older version
• Explorer -> Tortoise git Switch/Checkout: select commit, enter SHA of HEAD, uncheck 'Create new brach", click OK

This may not be elegant at all, but it works for me