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Questions - git-detached-head

git cherry-pick says nothing to commit

(note: this is not a duplicate question, see explanation below) I first checkout master as a detached branch: % git checkout --detach master HEAD is now at fff9e1e687 modserver/go: skip Spotlight auto...
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Victor de Fontnouvelle

git

github

cherry-pick

git-cherry-pick

git-detached-head

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git diff 65b12d9d32 compares the tree as of commit 65b12d9d32 to your current working copy. Since your working copy is clean, it's equivalent to git diff HEAD 65b12d9d32 On the other hand, git cherry-...
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IMSoP

Git: If I've been working in detached head state for multiple commits, will I lose anything by getting out of it?

A while ago I checked out a previous commit, then checked out my most recent commit again. I didn't realize this at the time, but that left me in a detached head state. I've done multiple commits sinc...
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gkeenley

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git-commit

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git-detached-head

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I can get out of this state by doing git checkout <branch name>, but if I do this will I lose anything? Yes, you will lose all the commits you've made in detached head mode, because no branch ...
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matt

How to fix &quot;Head detached from &lt;commit&gt;&quot;?

I checked out a previous commit in my project recently, and just noticed when I ran git status that it was returning HEAD detached from 7263532. These are my most recent two commits: commit 8a870e8a1c...
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gkeenley

git

git-branch

git-commit

git-detached-head

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Make a temp branch. Add and commit to it. Switch to dev-updates. Cherry pick temp. Delete the temp branch. So: git switch -c temp git add . git commit -mtemp git switch dev-updates git cherry-pick tem...
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matt

How to go back to an old commit, make some changes and commit those changes at the old commit which also updates all the following commits

I was working on a file, I comitted some changes, then I realized that I want some of the changes I've made recently in an older commit, because it is a part of the older commit. So, I want to go back...
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scarecrow

git

git-commit

git-detached-head

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which also updates all the following commits That means you would need to rebase those following commits on top of your updated old commit. From your current main: git branch tmp git stash git switc...
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VonC

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