Source Tree fails to commit on windows

blumbergrotem

I am encountering a problem that whenever I try to commit I get an error:

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false commit -q -F C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\2\dxy1tg2p.vfr

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false push -v --tags --set-upstream origin "(detached from someKindOfID):(detached from someKindOfID)"

Pushing to :"RepositoryURL"

fatal: remote part of refspec is not a valid name in (detached from someKindOfID):(detached from someKindOfID)

Unexpected end of command stream.

 

This happened to me after I have checked out the source.

 

this seems to be a duplicate of https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/104657 but this issue was on macOS(and so the given solution) and mine is on windows.

also there is an unanswered StackOverflow answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22058684/git-is-failing-to-stage-or-commit-with-sourcetree-in-a-windows-network-environm .

 

any help would be appreciated.

Balázs Szakmáry

From the "detached from someKindOfID" it seems that you are trying to commit without being on a branch.

Double-click the name of the branch you are supposed to be on to check out the branch and try again.