rod mclaughlin

When Git lies to you - "everything up to date" - when it isn't (17 feb 13)

It's probably because you are in "detatched head mode". Sounds painful, but there's a cure:

   git push repo master

# It says "Everything up to date", but it's lying.
   git log -1

commit ebf62e1074e8008e1923b06e043fd0765e4879ec

# memorize the 20-byte hex number after the word 'commit'

   git checkout master
   git reset --hard ebf62e1074e8008e1923b06e043fd0765e4879ec
   git push repo master

For a more detailed discussion by people who actually know what they're talking about, the redoubtable stackoverflow.com is once again on the ball:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/999907/git-push-says-everything-up-to-date-even-though-i-have-local-changes

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