* [New to the mailing list] Searching for help
@ 2019-03-21 14:11 MARIE Alexandre
2019-03-21 15:59 ` Philip Oakley
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From: MARIE Alexandre @ 2019-03-21 14:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
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
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* Re: [New to the mailing list] Searching for help
2019-03-21 14:11 [New to the mailing list] Searching for help MARIE Alexandre
@ 2019-03-21 15:59 ` Philip Oakley
2019-03-21 16:11 ` MARIE Alexandre
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From: Philip Oakley @ 2019-03-21 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: MARIE Alexandre, git
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
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* RE:[New to the mailing list] Searching for help
2019-03-21 15:59 ` Philip Oakley
@ 2019-03-21 16:11 ` MARIE Alexandre
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From: MARIE Alexandre @ 2019-03-21 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Philip Oakley, git
Hello Philip
> This list is for the development of Git. There is a googlegroups list
> for git users. However..
Sorry, my mistake, I found this mailing list here[0] where it is written that this is one for asking questions, having comments or reporting bugs.
> A detached head simply means that you are looking at a specific commit
> ((hash number)), rather than the 'latest commit on the branch'.
I think that I kind of understand what is a detached head now,
but my problem is when I run:
gitk --all
I still can see the detached head, whether I am on the 'detached head state' or not.
> 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.
Sorry about that, I am on Debian.
> 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.
The fact is that I fetched a whole rep into a detached head state named temp, but this is not a git branch.
So I am stuck trying to delete this whole rep.
My history is splitted by two by the rep in detached head state.
Thanks for your response.
Alex
[0] https://git-scm.com/community
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