Just have in mind branch is a POINTER to the particular commit. Deleting a branch means just forget the pointer, but not the commit. Once you commit your changes they are always there. And more, you always can re-create new pointer /branch/ to ANY commit someone (or you) post.
Git repo is just a linear /in time/ history of ALL commits. Branching is just human representation of the point of time /particular commit/.
Sure someone can destroy /cut out one commit in the middle of the history/ but it's the biggest git sin you can ever made. Fortunately you can not make it by accident, that's why git is so stable.
BTW sorry for late replay but my timezone is CET warsaw/poland/europe so, as you seemed to be in the US it's 6h difference.
That's how it should be done :)
Just have in mind branch is a POINTER to the particular commit. Deleting a branch means just forget the pointer, but not the commit. Once you commit your changes they are always there. And more, you always can re-create new pointer /branch/ to ANY commit someone (or you) post.
Git repo is just a linear /in time/ history of ALL commits. Branching is just human representation of the point of time /particular commit/.
Sure someone can destroy /cut out one commit in the middle of the history/ but it's the biggest git sin you can ever made. Fortunately you can not make it by accident, that's why git is so stable.
BTW sorry for late replay but my timezone is CET warsaw/poland/europe so, as you seemed to be in the US it's 6h difference.