How to push an older checked out commit to github

Question

I checked out one of my older commits with git checkout. Now I want to push this commit but keep getting errors. After I try to git push:

I tried:

git push origin HEAD:new branch

But that didn't work. I've tried a lot of combinations of stackoverflow answers but can't figure it out.

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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Simply create a new branch where you are:

git checkout -b newBranch
git push -u origin newBranch

That will reference the detached HEAD (since checkout a commit means detached HEAD) and allows you to push said branch.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered Aug 09 '15 at 17:08

VonC

Hi VonC, ran into trouble on heroku deploy. It says: remote: Pushed to non-master branch, skipping build. – Tyrion Lannister Aug 11 '15 at 01:57
Now that I'm off the master branch, I guess heroku doesn't know what to do. – Tyrion Lannister Aug 11 '15 at 01:58
@TyrionLannister true. You can ask a new question to determine how to deal with this situation. – VonC Aug 11 '15 at 06:06

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