detached HEAD

safe

You checked out a specific commit and now HEAD is detached. Don't panic — your branches are fine.

JUST GET BACK TO A BRANCH

$ git checkout main

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Replace "main" with whatever branch you want. This reattaches HEAD and you're back to normal.

IF YOU MADE COMMITS IN DETACHED HEAD

If you committed while detached and want to keep those commits:

$ git branch my-new-branch

$ git checkout my-new-branch

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This creates a new branch pointing at your current commit, preserving your work. Then you can merge it wherever you need.