Detached head - move to more recent commit

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When in detached mode in git, it is easy to see the older commits with git log and so you can easily navigate to them. However how do you move to a more recent one?

If you know the commit hash you can checkout on it even though it's more recent than the state you are in — Raul Rene, Aug 18 '15 at 14:35

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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You can list the branches that contain the commit referenced by the detached HEAD (say: <acommit>)

git branch --contains <acommit>

Any git log <acommit>..<abranch> would then list more recent commits.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

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answered Aug 18 '15 at 14:16

VonC

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is there no way of doing this directly? something of the lines +1? – Ela Aug 18 '15 at 15:19
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@Ela a commit can be part of multi branches. You need first to know which branch you want to consider, in order to know what +1 means. – VonC Aug 18 '15 at 15:20

Detached head - move to more recent commit

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