TIL: Cherry Pick a Commit from a Detached Head

The Setup

I was in a HEAD detached state because I was working inside a submodule.

I ran git add and git commit to record my changes. Then I realized "No! I'm working in a detached head! How can I "move" my commit to the master branch?"

The Fix

Start by checking out the master branch.

git checkout master

Then run git reflog to show all branch history, not just the current branch history.

git reflog

Search for the commit you just made. (Should be at the top of the log.)

Now cherry-pick that commit into the current branch.

git cherry-pick 1x3Zy1

Done! Hooray, it worked! Thanks to Stack Overflow again.