moving-a-commit-to-a-different-branch.md

Moving a commit to a different branch

What if you commit a change, and then realize that you committed to a different branch? How can you change that? This is what this tutorial covers.

Moving the latest commits to an existing branch

To do this, type:

git reset HEAD~ --soft - Undoes the last commit, but leaves the changes available.
git stash - Records the state of the directory.

git checkout name-of-the-correct-branch - Switches to another branch. git stash pop - Removes latest stashed state.
git add . - Or try adding individual files.
git commit -m "your message here" - Saves and Commits the changes.

Now your changes are on the correct branch

Moving the latest commits to a new Branch

To do this, type:
git branch newbranch - Creates a new Branch. Saving all the Commits.
git reset --hard HEAD~# - Move master back by # commits. Remember, these commits will be gone from master
git checkout newbranch - Goes to the branch you created. It will have all the commits.

Remember: Any changes not committed will be LOST.