---
author: Alvie Rahman
date: \today
title: Git
tags: [ linux, programming, git ]
---


# Fix detached head

From <https://stackoverflow.com/a/10229202>:

## To Delete Changes

```
git checkout main
```

## To Keep Changes

```
git branch temp
git checkout main
git pull . temp
git branch -D temp
```

# Retroactively Sign Commits

From <https://webdevstudios.com/2020/05/26/retroactively-sign-git-commits/>:

1.
   ```
   git rebase -i HEAD~<number of commits to sign>
   ```

2. Replace `pick` with `reword`:

   In vim: `:%s/^pick/reword/:wq`

3. Save all commit messages
4. Force push to remote