orphan

Branches that start from a root commit with no parents

Programming Why Git disallows --detach with --orphan (detached HEAD)

Why Git forbids --detach with --orphan, how to detach HEAD by using git checkout on an orphan commit SHA, and scripting patterns to handle orphan branches.

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12/31/2025, 10:03 AM