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Re: "Not currently on any branch"

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Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date
Oct 2, 2009, 23:15 UTC
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On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 23:46:53 +0200 Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 22:08, Tim <timothyjwashington@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > What's the most straightforward & cleanest way to merge my changes in the
> > headless branch to my 'ui-integration' branch?
> 
> Assuming you use a Bourne shell:
> 
> $ prev=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
> $ git checkout ui-integration && git merge $prev
> 
>

You could also rely on the reflog to avoid the need to store off the previous HEAD value, so just:

$ git checkout ui-integration && git merge HEAD@{1}
Sean
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  2. Steven NoonanOct 2, 2009
  3. Alex RiesenOct 2, 2009
  4. Sean EstabrooksOct 2, 2009
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