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Olhovsky
Olhovsky

Reputation: 5559

Committing after checkout. Git says "You are not working on a branch."

I reverted to a previous commit and made some changes.

Now I want to commit my changes and GIT says "You are not working on a branch. This commit will be unreferenced when switching to another branch and can be lost."

I don't care about any commits I made after this one, how do I commit now?

Git extensions screenshot.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1534

Answers (2)

grossvogel
grossvogel

Reputation: 6782

It sounds like you created a detached head by using git checkout to turn back the clock. This means your current HEAD does not point to the head of a branch anymore.

If you're 100% sure you don't want anything after the commit, you can use git stash to save your current work, git reset --hard <commit> (man page) to revert back to the commit, then git stash apply to apply your new changes.

Upvotes: 2

RJFalconer
RJFalconer

Reputation: 11701

How did you revert? What is the result of git status?

It looks like you've reset to a commit on a non-local branch. You can create a new branch for your commits using;

git checkout -b new_branch_name

You may need to delete or force-push the old branch, but only do so if you are sure you do not need the commits on it. I find using git log or gitk can help to visualise this.

Upvotes: 2

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