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RaidenF
RaidenF

Reputation: 3521

How to checkout commits in detached head

I had 2 commits in a detatched head. I tried to checkout master, in order to branch it and add the new commits, and now the 2 commits are gone. Is there any way to retrieve them?

the tree was :

commit a -> commit b master

commit a -> commit c -> commit d HEAD

I want d back.

As instructed in other questions, I have gotten the SHA-1 of the "lost" commits with 

git reflog

How can I create a branch in a, and merge the 2 commits? Do I check out 'commit a' branch, and use merge with the SHA-1 of 'commit d' (the latest commit in the detatched head)?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 43

Answers (1)

Cristian Lupascu
Cristian Lupascu

Reputation: 40506

If you know the SHA of commit d, you can create a new branch pointing to it by doing:

git branch new_branch thesha

Upvotes: 2

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