Git: “Not currently on any branch.” Is there an easy way to get back on a branch, while keeping the changes?

Question

So I\'ve done some work in the repository and when I\'m about to commit I realize that I\'m not currently on any branch.

This happens a lot when working with submodu

Answer 1

this helped me

git checkout -b newbranch
git checkout master
git merge newbranch
git branch -d newbranch