Stuck in Detached HEAD on git

Asked Jan 24 '23 at 01:47

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I'm stuck in "Detached HEAD" on git. I got there by reverting back to a previous commit. And now that I've made changes, I'd like tried to commit them but realised I couldn't because I'm in the detactched head thing.

I've tried using git checkout main but that gives me fatal: this operation must be run in a work tree. And I can't seem to find a working solution for that either. Any ideas?

asked Jan 24 '23 at 01:47

Matt Cole

Are you inside a bare repo? – evolutionxbox Jan 24 '23 at 02:06
No. At least I shouldn't be. When I reverted back to a previous commit I use `git checkout {commit}`. So unless that puts you into one, then no – Matt Cole Jan 24 '23 at 02:10
You might be inside the `.git` folder? – evolutionxbox Jan 24 '23 at 02:11
Just fyi, I usually work out of the github desktop client. So, I'm not too familiar with the commands – Matt Cole Jan 24 '23 at 02:11
How would I know if I'm in there? – Matt Cole Jan 24 '23 at 02:12
If you're using linux/mac type `pwd` or `echo %cd%` on windows. Does https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9262801/fatal-this-operation-must-be-run-in-a-work-tree or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1456923/why-am-i-getting-the-message-fatal-this-operation-must-be-run-in-a-work-tree help? – evolutionxbox Jan 24 '23 at 02:13
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/251357/discussion-between-matt-cole-and-evolutionxbox). – Matt Cole Jan 24 '23 at 02:25

Stuck in Detached HEAD on git

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