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Moving a Git Branch to a Newer Commit


To update your branch initial-exploration to point to a newer commit (d293dsfre) in the commit graph, you can follow these steps:

1. Checkout the branch

Make sure you’re on the initial-exploration branch:

git checkout initial-exploration

2. Update the branch to the desired commit

Use the git reset command to move the branch pointer to the new commit (d293dsfre):

git reset --hard e3265da1

3. Verify the branch’s new position

You can confirm that the branch now points to the desired commit by running:

git log --oneline

This will show you that initial-exploration is now at d293dsfre.

Notes:

  • --hard Reset: This will update both your working directory and index to match the new commit. Be cautious, as any uncommitted changes will be lost.
  • If you don’t want to lose uncommitted changes, you can use --soft instead of --hard, which only moves the branch pointer without modifying your working directory or index:
    git reset --soft d293dsfre

Alternatively, if you want to create a new branch at d293dsfre instead of updating initial-exploration, you can do:

git checkout -b new-branch-name d293dsfre