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git-checkout(1) |
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NAME |
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git-checkout - Checkout a branch or paths to the working tree |
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SYNOPSIS |
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-------- |
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[verse] |
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'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [<branch>] |
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'git checkout' [-q] [-f] [-m] [[-b|-B|--orphan] <new_branch>] [<start_point>] |
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'git checkout' [-f|--ours|--theirs|-m|--conflict=<style>] [<tree-ish>] [--] <paths>... |
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'git checkout' --patch [<tree-ish>] [--] [<paths>...] |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Updates files in the working tree to match the version in the index |
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or the specified tree. If no paths are given, 'git checkout' will |
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also update `HEAD` to set the specified branch as the current |
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branch. |
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'git checkout' [<branch>]:: |
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'git checkout' -b|-B <new_branch> [<start point>]:: |
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This form switches branches by updating the index, working |
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tree, and HEAD to reflect the specified branch. |
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If `-b` is given, a new branch is created as if linkgit:git-branch[1] |
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were called and then checked out; in this case you can |
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use the `--track` or `--no-track` options, which will be passed to |
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'git branch'. As a convenience, `--track` without `-b` implies branch |
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creation; see the description of `--track` below. |
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If `-B` is given, <new_branch> is created if it doesn't exist; otherwise, it |
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is reset. This is the transactional equivalent of |
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$ git branch -f <branch> [<start point>] |
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$ git checkout <branch> |
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that is to say, the branch is not reset/created unless "git checkout" is |
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successful. |
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'git checkout' [--patch] [<tree-ish>] [--] <pathspec>...:: |
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When <paths> or `--patch` are given, 'git checkout' does *not* |
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switch branches. It updates the named paths in the working tree |
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from the index file or from a named <tree-ish> (most often a |
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commit). In this case, the `-b` and `--track` options are |
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meaningless and giving either of them results in an error. The |
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<tree-ish> argument can be used to specify a specific tree-ish |
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(i.e. commit, tag or tree) to update the index for the given |
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paths before updating the working tree. |
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The index may contain unmerged entries because of a previous failed merge. |
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By default, if you try to check out such an entry from the index, the |
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checkout operation will fail and nothing will be checked out. |
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Using `-f` will ignore these unmerged entries. The contents from a |
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specific side of the merge can be checked out of the index by |
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using `--ours` or `--theirs`. With `-m`, changes made to the working tree |
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file can be discarded to re-create the original conflicted merge result. |
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OPTIONS |
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------- |
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-q:: |
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--quiet:: |
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Quiet, suppress feedback messages. |
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-f:: |
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--force:: |
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When switching branches, proceed even if the index or the |
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working tree differs from HEAD. This is used to throw away |
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local changes. |
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When checking out paths from the index, do not fail upon unmerged |
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entries; instead, unmerged entries are ignored. |
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--ours:: |
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--theirs:: |
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When checking out paths from the index, check out stage #2 |
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('ours') or #3 ('theirs') for unmerged paths. |
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-b:: |
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Create a new branch named <new_branch> and start it at |
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<start_point>; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. |
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-B:: |
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Creates the branch <new_branch> and start it at <start_point>; |
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if it already exists, then reset it to <start_point>. This is |
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equivalent to running "git branch" with "-f"; see |
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linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. |
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-t:: |
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--track:: |
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When creating a new branch, set up "upstream" configuration. See |
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"--track" in linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. |
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If no '-b' option is given, the name of the new branch will be |
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derived from the remote branch. If "remotes/" or "refs/remotes/" |
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is prefixed it is stripped away, and then the part up to the |
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next slash (which would be the nickname of the remote) is removed. |
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This would tell us to use "hack" as the local branch when branching |
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off of "origin/hack" (or "remotes/origin/hack", or even |
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"refs/remotes/origin/hack"). If the given name has no slash, or the above |
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guessing results in an empty name, the guessing is aborted. You can |
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explicitly give a name with '-b' in such a case. |
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--no-track:: |
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Do not set up "upstream" configuration, even if the |
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branch.autosetupmerge configuration variable is true. |
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-l:: |
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Create the new branch's reflog; see linkgit:git-branch[1] for |
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details. |
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--orphan:: |
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Create a new 'orphan' branch, named <new_branch>, started from |
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<start_point> and switch to it. The first commit made on this |
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new branch will have no parents and it will be the root of a new |
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history totally disconnected from all the other branches and |
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commits. |
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The index and the working tree are adjusted as if you had previously run |
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"git checkout <start_point>". This allows you to start a new history |
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that records a set of paths similar to <start_point> by easily running |
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"git commit -a" to make the root commit. |
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This can be useful when you want to publish the tree from a commit |
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without exposing its full history. You might want to do this to publish |
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an open source branch of a project whose current tree is "clean", but |
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whose full history contains proprietary or otherwise encumbered bits of |
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code. |
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If you want to start a disconnected history that records a set of paths |
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that is totally different from the one of <start_point>, then you should |
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clear the index and the working tree right after creating the orphan |
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branch by running "git rm -rf ." from the top level of the working tree. |
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Afterwards you will be ready to prepare your new files, repopulating the |
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working tree, by copying them from elsewhere, extracting a tarball, etc. |
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-m:: |
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--merge:: |
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When switching branches, |
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if you have local modifications to one or more files that |
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are different between the current branch and the branch to |
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which you are switching, the command refuses to switch |
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branches in order to preserve your modifications in context. |
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However, with this option, a three-way merge between the current |
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branch, your working tree contents, and the new branch |
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is done, and you will be on the new branch. |
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When a merge conflict happens, the index entries for conflicting |
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paths are left unmerged, and you need to resolve the conflicts |
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and mark the resolved paths with `git add` (or `git rm` if the merge |
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should result in deletion of the path). |
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When checking out paths from the index, this option lets you recreate |
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the conflicted merge in the specified paths. |
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--conflict=<style>:: |
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The same as --merge option above, but changes the way the |
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conflicting hunks are presented, overriding the |
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merge.conflictstyle configuration variable. Possible values are |
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"merge" (default) and "diff3" (in addition to what is shown by |
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"merge" style, shows the original contents). |
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-p:: |
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--patch:: |
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Interactively select hunks in the difference between the |
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<tree-ish> (or the index, if unspecified) and the working |
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tree. The chosen hunks are then applied in reverse to the |
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working tree (and if a <tree-ish> was specified, the index). |
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This means that you can use `git checkout -p` to selectively discard |
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edits from your current working tree. |
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<branch>:: |
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Branch to checkout; if it refers to a branch (i.e., a name that, |
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when prepended with "refs/heads/", is a valid ref), then that |
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branch is checked out. Otherwise, if it refers to a valid |
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commit, your HEAD becomes "detached" and you are no longer on |
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any branch (see below for details). |
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As a special case, the `"@\{-N\}"` syntax for the N-th last branch |
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checks out the branch (instead of detaching). You may also specify |
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`-` which is synonymous with `"@\{-1\}"`. |
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As a further special case, you may use `"A\...B"` as a shortcut for the |
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merge base of `A` and `B` if there is exactly one merge base. You can |
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leave out at most one of `A` and `B`, in which case it defaults to `HEAD`. |
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<new_branch>:: |
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Name for the new branch. |
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<start_point>:: |
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The name of a commit at which to start the new branch; see |
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linkgit:git-branch[1] for details. Defaults to HEAD. |
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<tree-ish>:: |
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Tree to checkout from (when paths are given). If not specified, |
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the index will be used. |
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Detached HEAD |
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It is sometimes useful to be able to 'checkout' a commit that is |
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not at the tip of one of your branches. The most obvious |
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example is to check out the commit at a tagged official release |
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point, like this: |
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$ git checkout v2.6.18 |
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Earlier versions of git did not allow this and asked you to |
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create a temporary branch using the `-b` option, but starting from |
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version 1.5.0, the above command 'detaches' your HEAD from the |
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current branch and directly points at the commit named by the tag |
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(`v2.6.18` in the example above). |
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You can use all git commands while in this state. You can use |
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`git reset --hard $othercommit` to further move around, for |
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example. You can make changes and create a new commit on top of |
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a detached HEAD. You can even create a merge by using `git |
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merge $othercommit`. |
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The state you are in while your HEAD is detached is not recorded |
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by any branch (which is natural --- you are not on any branch). |
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What this means is that you can discard your temporary commits |
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and merges by switching back to an existing branch (e.g. `git |
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checkout master`), and a later `git prune` or `git gc` would |
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garbage-collect them. If you did this by mistake, you can ask |
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the reflog for HEAD where you were, e.g. |
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$ git log -g -2 HEAD |
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EXAMPLES |
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. The following sequence checks out the `master` branch, reverts |
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the `Makefile` to two revisions back, deletes hello.c by |
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mistake, and gets it back from the index. |
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$ git checkout master <1> |
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$ git checkout master~2 Makefile <2> |
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$ rm -f hello.c |
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$ git checkout hello.c <3> |
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<1> switch branch |
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<2> take a file out of another commit |
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<3> restore hello.c from the index |
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If you have an unfortunate branch that is named `hello.c`, this |
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step would be confused as an instruction to switch to that branch. |
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You should instead write: |
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$ git checkout -- hello.c |
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. After working in the wrong branch, switching to the correct |
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branch would be done using: |
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$ git checkout mytopic |
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However, your "wrong" branch and correct "mytopic" branch may |
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differ in files that you have modified locally, in which case |
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the above checkout would fail like this: |
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$ git checkout mytopic |
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error: You have local changes to 'frotz'; not switching branches. |
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You can give the `-m` flag to the command, which would try a |
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three-way merge: |
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$ git checkout -m mytopic |
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Auto-merging frotz |
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After this three-way merge, the local modifications are _not_ |
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registered in your index file, so `git diff` would show you what |
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changes you made since the tip of the new branch. |
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. When a merge conflict happens during switching branches with |
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the `-m` option, you would see something like this: |
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$ git checkout -m mytopic |
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Auto-merging frotz |
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ERROR: Merge conflict in frotz |
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fatal: merge program failed |
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At this point, `git diff` shows the changes cleanly merged as in |
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the previous example, as well as the changes in the conflicted |
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files. Edit and resolve the conflict and mark it resolved with |
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`git add` as usual: |
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$ edit frotz |
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$ git add frotz |
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Author |
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Written by Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org> |
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Documentation |
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. |
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GIT |
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Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
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