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Why can't I detach an orphan's HEAD?
I'm trying to make my Git script resilient to various weird situations that can occur in repository.
I have it working correctly with detached branches and orphaned branches but it will probably not ...
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Make commits outside HEAD
Can I make an arbitrary commit at the end of branch dev when HEAD is not on dev? How?
My git branches look like this at any moment:
There is a master branch, from which a couple of feature branches ...
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Bring Changes from a commit HEAD into a branch
I have a feature branch ff which is based on main.
I want to bring changes made by a commit HEAD abcde on top of ff.
How can I do this?
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Getting ` warning: refname 'HEAD' is ambiguous.` after `git clone --bare` and `git worktree add`
I'm lookng into git worktrees b/c I want to work on multiple branches at once. Did the following setup
# Created new E:\ partion
cd /d E:
mkdir repos
cd repos
git clone --bare <repository-url>/...
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What HEAD operations happen upon a git pull?
When I do git fetch origin main I get:
From github.com:company/app-ios
* branch main -> FETCH_HEAD
However when I do git pull main I don't get any mention of ORIG_HEAD or ...
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What can make git be unable to find the git repository even though the .git folder is there and the HEAD content is correct?
Due to a syncing problem, I lost some files. I check git status and it says:
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
But the .git folder still seems to be fine:
ls .git
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Difference between "git reset HEAD <filename>" and "git reset -- <filename>"?
When I stage a file, "git status" then mentions that, to UNstage that file, I can do "git reset HEAD filename". But I have also seen instances in which the recommended command is &...
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git: how to revert to a previous commit and continue from there? [duplicate]
[git newbie here]
I have the following commits:
[c1]-->[c2]-->[c3]-->[c4]-->[c5]
HEAD is now at c5 but I realized that c4 and c5 are not good and I wish to continue from c3. In other ...
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What is the HEAD in git?
There seems to be a difference between the last commit, the HEAD and the state of the file I can see in my directory.
What is HEAD, what can I do with it and what mistake should I avoid?
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HEAD and ORIG_HEAD in Git
What do these symbols refer to and what do they mean?
(I can't find any explanation in official documentation)
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