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Move all uncommitted changes to a new branch and revert the existing branch to HEAD. "master" has uncommitted changes. You decided you'd rather make those changes in "dev_branch". Here's how to move those uncommitted changes to "dev_branch" and then revert "master" to its last commit.
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# get into the master branch | |
git checkout master | |
# create a new branch for the changes and check it out | |
git checkout -b dev_branch | |
# stash the changes until we revert master | |
git stash | |
# go back to master | |
git checkout master | |
# reset to the last commit | |
git reset --hard HEAD | |
# go back to dev_branch | |
git checkout dev_branch | |
# re-apply the stashed changes and you are good to go | |
git stash apply |
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Thankyou for saving my hours.