Hi Alex On 21/03/2019 14:11, MARIE Alexandre wrote:
Hello, I am searching for help as I made two mistakes, I think. First I fetched origin in a 'branch' called temp that is in a 'detached head' state. But I can't delete temp by checking out master. I don't know how to get rid of this temp detached head. Second, the detached head causes one issue : It splits my commits in two, I mean that all the new commits I do are on top of temp detached head but they are not linked. I can't get through these two issues with google, I don't know why. Cheers, Alex
This list is for the development of Git. There is a googlegroups list for git users. However..
A detached head simply means that you are looking at a specific commit ((hash number)), rather than the 'latest commit on the branch'.
You did not say which OS you were on, or if you prefer the command line, or a visual gui to see the current arrangement of your commits - the 'gitk' viewer is useful for the latter.
If you have already made some commits on the 'detached head' then use the 'git branch' command, or 'git checkout -b' to create a branch name for your new commits (check the manual). Having named the new commits, you can get back to link the bits together. You can use 'cherry-pick' to pick of individual commits from that new branch onto the new destination, or use rebase if there is a series.
Philip
