git branching and commit confusion

Question

I am unable to merge my commit to my master branch in github.

This is step by step of whatever I have done/tried

git push origin master
Everything up-to-date
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git add . 
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git commit -m "Final Production working build"
[detached HEAD 46a7f55] Final Production working build
 28 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
g rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher.png (97%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/ic_launcher_round.png (98%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-hdpi/icon.png (99%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher.png (99%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi/ic_launcher_round.png (99%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-mdpi/icon.png (98%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png (99%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png (98%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xhdpi/icon.png (98%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png (98%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png (98%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxhdpi/icon.png (98%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher.png (97%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/ic_launcher_round.png (99%)
 rewrite android/app/src/main/res/mipmap-xxxhdpi/icon.png (98%)
 delete mode 100644 src/images/123.png
 delete mode 100644 src/images/angel.jpg
 delete mode 100644 src/images/facebook.png
 delete mode 100644 src/images/instagram.png
 delete mode 100644 src/images/twitter.jpg
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git push 
fatal: You are not currently on a branch.
To push the history leading to the current (detached HEAD)
state now, use

    git push origin HEAD:<name-of-remote-branch>

Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ 
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git checkout master
Warning: you are leaving 2 commits behind, not connected to
any of your branches:

  46a7f55 Final Production working build
  3af30c2 Victory Native graphs work

If you want to keep them by creating a new branch, this may be a good time
to do so with:

 git branch <new-branch-name> 46a7f55

Switched to branch 'master'
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git push
Everything up-to-date
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git checkout splashscreen
Branch 'splashscreen' set up to track remote branch 'splashscreen' from 'origin'.
Switched to a new branch 'splashscreen'
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git push
Everything up-to-date
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git status .
On branch splashscreen
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/splashscreen'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git add .
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$ git commit -m "production build"
On branch splashscreen
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/splashscreen'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean
Anils-MacBook-Pro:React-native-crypto anilbhatia$

Now, I am unable to see my last work, which I think is because I did "git checkout master" and "git checkout splashscreen".

I can fix that by going back to this commit 46a7f55 Final Production working build but then how can I push to my github?

Please see [Why did my Git repo enter a detached HEAD state?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3965676/why-did-my-git-repo-enter-a-detached-head-state) — Acorn, Oct 13 '18 at 08:06
Possible duplicate of [Why did my Git repo enter a detached HEAD state?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3965676/why-did-my-git-repo-enter-a-detached-head-state) — Acorn, Oct 13 '18 at 08:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '18 at 07:43

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Simply cherry-pick that commit 46a7f55 (done outside of any branch, in a detached HEAD mode) to the right branch:

git checkout master
git cherry-pick  46a7f55 
git push

answered Oct 13 '18 at 07:43

VonC

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '18 at 07:43

    To verify the current branch and status. Just do 
    git status

   Looks like you are not in branch

"You are not currently on a branch".

    git checkout splashscreen

     if you want to merge master changes to splash screen just do
     git merge master.

if you want splash screen changes to master, checkout to master git checkout master git merge splashscreen.

  or else if you know the commit id, you could do
  git cherry-pick <commid-ID>
  git push

git branching and commit confusion

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