Git cannot lock ref 'HEAD': unable to resolve reference HEAD

Question

I\'m trying to commit the changes to my repository but I receive the error below:

git -c diff.mnemonicprefix=false -c core.quotepath=false commit -q -F C:\\U         


        

Answer 1

Navigate to directory

.git/refs/heads/branch_name

delete the preferred branch name

then open terminal(git bash or cmd for windows)

git reset

then commit the changes (if necessary)

then run the following command for merging the remote repository branch

git pull

if it gives related to refusing to merge unrelated histories

then, run the following command in the terminal

git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories

this solution solved my problem