git committed but not pushed - cannot find the files in branch, where are they?
I thought I was on the latest commit of my branch. I moved my code to my local folder, and added and committed them.
When I tried to push the new files, I got the following error:
fatal: You are not currently on a branch.
and I realized I had one of the older commits I specifically checked out.
In my lack of understanding of whatever I was doing, I ended up accidentally recloning the original branch. My files are gone.
Can I find them, or are they literally gone? The commit went through, but git log is not showing anything, and the commit ID I thought I was working with is showing nothing.
I don't know very much about git, so here's all I do:
git clone -b branch_name git@gitserver.url.com:code.git
and then add, commit, and push changes.
In this case, I checked out a specific commit ID, and added and committed while I had it checked out. But that commit is not showing up.
git
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I thought I was on the latest commit of my branch. I moved my code to my local folder, and added and committed them.
When I tried to push the new files, I got the following error:
fatal: You are not currently on a branch.
and I realized I had one of the older commits I specifically checked out.
In my lack of understanding of whatever I was doing, I ended up accidentally recloning the original branch. My files are gone.
Can I find them, or are they literally gone? The commit went through, but git log is not showing anything, and the commit ID I thought I was working with is showing nothing.
I don't know very much about git, so here's all I do:
git clone -b branch_name git@gitserver.url.com:code.git
and then add, commit, and push changes.
In this case, I checked out a specific commit ID, and added and committed while I had it checked out. But that commit is not showing up.
git
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:49
user2524282user2524282
678
add a comment |
I thought I was on the latest commit of my branch. I moved my code to my local folder, and added and committed them.
When I tried to push the new files, I got the following error:
fatal: You are not currently on a branch.
and I realized I had one of the older commits I specifically checked out.
In my lack of understanding of whatever I was doing, I ended up accidentally recloning the original branch. My files are gone.
Can I find them, or are they literally gone? The commit went through, but git log is not showing anything, and the commit ID I thought I was working with is showing nothing.
I don't know very much about git, so here's all I do:
git clone -b branch_name git@gitserver.url.com:code.git
and then add, commit, and push changes.
In this case, I checked out a specific commit ID, and added and committed while I had it checked out. But that commit is not showing up.
git
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:49
user2524282user2524282
678
I thought I was on the latest commit of my branch. I moved my code to my local folder, and added and committed them.
When I tried to push the new files, I got the following error:
fatal: You are not currently on a branch.
and I realized I had one of the older commits I specifically checked out.
In my lack of understanding of whatever I was doing, I ended up accidentally recloning the original branch. My files are gone.
Can I find them, or are they literally gone? The commit went through, but git log is not showing anything, and the commit ID I thought I was working with is showing nothing.
I don't know very much about git, so here's all I do:
git clone -b branch_name git@gitserver.url.com:code.git
and then add, commit, and push changes.
In this case, I checked out a specific commit ID, and added and committed while I had it checked out. But that commit is not showing up.
git
git
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:49
user2524282user2524282
678
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:49
user2524282user2524282
678
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:49
user2524282user2524282
678
asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:49
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asked Nov 14 '18 at 1:49
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It appears that you were working in a detached HEAD state, which would explain the error message about not being on any branch. The commits you made should still be visible in the reflog, so first try:
git reflog
See if you can recognize the latest commit you made while not on a branch. The fix here might be to checkout that commit, again in the detached HEAD state, and then create a bona fide branch, e.g.
git checkout S8dk2K8W # replace S8dk2K8W with actual commit hash
git checkout -b your_branch
git push origin your_branch
answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Tim BiegeleisenTim Biegeleisen
222k1390143
Thank you! I tried git reflog, and it only shows the one (latest) official commit made my someone else. My consolation is that IntelliJ keeps backups of all code I worked on, so at least I didn't lose the actual code. Time to read up on detached HEAD state and how to avoid this in the future!
– user2524282
Nov 14 '18 at 2:26
1
Strange. Commits don't usually disappear like this. My answer should have worked (I think).
– Tim Biegeleisen
Nov 14 '18 at 2:40
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It appears that you were working in a detached HEAD state, which would explain the error message about not being on any branch. The commits you made should still be visible in the reflog, so first try:
git reflog
See if you can recognize the latest commit you made while not on a branch. The fix here might be to checkout that commit, again in the detached HEAD state, and then create a bona fide branch, e.g.
git checkout S8dk2K8W # replace S8dk2K8W with actual commit hash
git checkout -b your_branch
git push origin your_branch
answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Tim BiegeleisenTim Biegeleisen
222k1390143
Thank you! I tried git reflog, and it only shows the one (latest) official commit made my someone else. My consolation is that IntelliJ keeps backups of all code I worked on, so at least I didn't lose the actual code. Time to read up on detached HEAD state and how to avoid this in the future!
– user2524282
Nov 14 '18 at 2:26
1
Strange. Commits don't usually disappear like this. My answer should have worked (I think).
– Tim Biegeleisen
Nov 14 '18 at 2:40
add a comment |
It appears that you were working in a detached HEAD state, which would explain the error message about not being on any branch. The commits you made should still be visible in the reflog, so first try:
git reflog
See if you can recognize the latest commit you made while not on a branch. The fix here might be to checkout that commit, again in the detached HEAD state, and then create a bona fide branch, e.g.
git checkout S8dk2K8W # replace S8dk2K8W with actual commit hash
git checkout -b your_branch
git push origin your_branch
answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Tim BiegeleisenTim Biegeleisen
222k1390143
Thank you! I tried git reflog, and it only shows the one (latest) official commit made my someone else. My consolation is that IntelliJ keeps backups of all code I worked on, so at least I didn't lose the actual code. Time to read up on detached HEAD state and how to avoid this in the future!
– user2524282
Nov 14 '18 at 2:26
1
Strange. Commits don't usually disappear like this. My answer should have worked (I think).
– Tim Biegeleisen
Nov 14 '18 at 2:40
add a comment |
It appears that you were working in a detached HEAD state, which would explain the error message about not being on any branch. The commits you made should still be visible in the reflog, so first try:
git reflog
See if you can recognize the latest commit you made while not on a branch. The fix here might be to checkout that commit, again in the detached HEAD state, and then create a bona fide branch, e.g.
git checkout S8dk2K8W # replace S8dk2K8W with actual commit hash
git checkout -b your_branch
git push origin your_branch
answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Tim BiegeleisenTim Biegeleisen
222k1390143
It appears that you were working in a detached HEAD state, which would explain the error message about not being on any branch. The commits you made should still be visible in the reflog, so first try:
git reflog
See if you can recognize the latest commit you made while not on a branch. The fix here might be to checkout that commit, again in the detached HEAD state, and then create a bona fide branch, e.g.
git checkout S8dk2K8W # replace S8dk2K8W with actual commit hash
git checkout -b your_branch
git push origin your_branch
answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
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222k1390143
answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
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answered Nov 14 '18 at 1:53
Tim BiegeleisenTim Biegeleisen
222k1390143
222k1390143
Thank you! I tried git reflog, and it only shows the one (latest) official commit made my someone else. My consolation is that IntelliJ keeps backups of all code I worked on, so at least I didn't lose the actual code. Time to read up on detached HEAD state and how to avoid this in the future!
– user2524282
Nov 14 '18 at 2:26
1
Strange. Commits don't usually disappear like this. My answer should have worked (I think).
– Tim Biegeleisen
Nov 14 '18 at 2:40
add a comment |
Thank you! I tried git reflog, and it only shows the one (latest) official commit made my someone else. My consolation is that IntelliJ keeps backups of all code I worked on, so at least I didn't lose the actual code. Time to read up on detached HEAD state and how to avoid this in the future!
– user2524282
Nov 14 '18 at 2:26
1
Strange. Commits don't usually disappear like this. My answer should have worked (I think).
– Tim Biegeleisen
Nov 14 '18 at 2:40
Thank you! I tried git reflog, and it only shows the one (latest) official commit made my someone else. My consolation is that IntelliJ keeps backups of all code I worked on, so at least I didn't lose the actual code. Time to read up on detached HEAD state and how to avoid this in the future!
– user2524282
Nov 14 '18 at 2:26
Thank you! I tried git reflog, and it only shows the one (latest) official commit made my someone else. My consolation is that IntelliJ keeps backups of all code I worked on, so at least I didn't lose the actual code. Time to read up on detached HEAD state and how to avoid this in the future!
– user2524282
Nov 14 '18 at 2:26
1
1
Strange. Commits don't usually disappear like this. My answer should have worked (I think).
– Tim Biegeleisen
Nov 14 '18 at 2:40
Strange. Commits don't usually disappear like this. My answer should have worked (I think).
– Tim Biegeleisen
Nov 14 '18 at 2:40
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