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Asked: June 15, 20262026-06-15T20:46:39+00:00 2026-06-15T20:46:39+00:00

It happened somehow that I left the master branch and ended up on the

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It happened somehow that I left the master branch and ended up on the no branch branch. How can I give this branch a meaningful name?

In detail: Calling git branch shows

* (no branch)
  master

and what I want (without changing any file) is to have e.g.

* extraBranchIEndedUpWith
  master

git status is clean.

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    2026-06-15T20:46:40+00:00Added an answer on June 15, 2026 at 8:46 pm

    “no branch” is not a branch, as the name says. It means you have checked out a revision that isn’t the tip of a branch.

    To create a branch of it, simply

    git checkout -b extraBranchIEndedUpWith
    

    Just like you would create any other branch from your current revision.

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