EAD git state_warning ai_generated true

You are in 'detached HEAD' state

ID: git/detached-head

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92%Fix Rate
93%Confidence
50Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
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Root Cause

HEAD not on a branch. Commits may be lost if you switch branches.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Create a branch from current position: git checkout -b new-branch 
    git checkout -b my-work

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-checkout#_detached_head

  2. 88% success If already lost commits, find with git reflog and cherry-pick 
    git reflog | head -20

    Sources: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-reflog

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Just checkout another branch 80% fail

    Loses any commits made in detached state

  2. Ignore the warning 75% fail

    Commits become orphaned and eventually garbage collected

Error Chain

Frequently confused with: