Git checkout – switching back to HEAD

You can stash (save the changes in temporary box) then, back to master branch HEAD.

$ git add .
$ git stash
$ git checkout master

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Jump Over Commits Back and Forth:

• Go to a specific commit-sha. $ git checkout <commit-sha>
• If you have uncommitted changes here then, you can checkout to a new branch | Add | Commit | Push the current branch to the remote. # checkout a new branch, add, commit, push $ git checkout -b <branch-name> $ git add . $ git commit -m 'Commit message' $ git push origin HEAD # push the current branch to remote $ git checkout master # back to master branch now
• If you have changes in the specific commit and don’t want to keep the changes, you can do stash or reset then checkout to master (or, any other branch). # stash $ git add -A $ git stash $ git checkout master # reset $ git reset --hard HEAD $ git checkout master
• After checking out a specific commit if you have no uncommitted change(s) then, just back to master or other branch. $ git status # see the changes $ git checkout master # or, shortcut $ git checkout - # back to the previous state