I checked out a commit/branch from master, and then checked out back to master and wrote something. After that, I committed it, but I ended up with a detached HEAD. Why?
Here is what I did:
- Create a new project and create git repository.
- git add
- git commit
- type some words
- git commit
- checkout to previous commit
checkout back
type some word
try to commit; it prompts there is a detached head.
IntelliJ IDEA's console shows:
17:08:58.143: cd C:\Users\jiahao\IdeaProjects\testtt\src
17:08:58.143: git init
Initialized empty Git repository in C:/Users/jiahao/IdeaProjects/testtt/src/.git/
17:09:16.331: cd C:\Users\jiahao\IdeaProjects\testtt\src
17:09:16.331: git -c core.quotepath=false add --ignore-errors -- C.java
17:09:24.407: cd C:\Users\jiahao\IdeaProjects\testtt\src
17:09:24.407: git -c core.quotepath=false commit --only -F C:\Users\jiahao\AppData\Local\Temp\git-commit-msg-0.txt -- C.java
[master (root-commit) 22d1c79] first commit
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 C.java
17:09:38.060: cd C:\Users\jiahao\IdeaProjects\testtt\src
17:09:38.060: git -c core.quotepath=false commit --only -F C:\Users\jiahao\AppData\Local\Temp\git-commit-msg-0.txt -- C.java
[master 69084f3] second commit
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
17:09:44.136: cd C:\Users\jiahao\IdeaProjects\testtt\src
17:09:44.136: git -c core.quotepath=false checkout 22d1c7919eab50925411d9bbb8a9ad1575608c27
Note: checking out '22d1c7919eab50925411d9bbb8a9ad1575608c27'.
You are in 'detached HEAD' state. You can look around, make experimental
changes and commit them, and you can discard any commits you make in this
state without impacting any branches by performing another checkout.
If you want to create a new branch to retain commits you create, you may
do so (now or later) by using -b with the checkout command again. Example:
git checkout -b <new-branch-name>
HEAD is now at 22d1c79... first commit
17:09:46.576: cd C:\Users\jiahao\IdeaProjects\testtt\src
17:09:46.576: git -c core.quotepath=false checkout 69084f344b79a48da92855d3fb633a28a672a302
Previous HEAD position was 22d1c79... first commit
HEAD is now at 69084f3... second commit
17:18:26.999: cd C:\Users\jiahao\IdeaProjects\testtt\src
17:18:26.999: git -c core.quotepath=false commit --only -F C:\Users\jiahao\AppData\Local\Temp\git-commit-msg-0.txt -- C.java
[detached HEAD 783fbf2] third commit
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
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to be run, as shown by the log. Such a command checks out a commit rather than a branch, which puts you in detached-HEAD state. – Sinkage