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echo "message" | git commit-tree HEAD^{tree}

This will create an orphaned commit with the tree of HEAD, and output its name (SHA-1) on stdout. Then just reset your branch there.

git reset SHA-1

To do the above in a single step:

git reset $(git commit-tree HEAD^{tree} -m "commit message")

echo "message" | git commit-tree HEAD^{tree}

This will create an orphaned commit with the tree of HEAD, and output its name (SHA-1) on stdout. Then just reset your branch there.

git reset SHA-1

To do the above in a single step:

git reset $(git commit-tree HEAD^{tree} -m "Initial commit.")

echo "message" | git commit-tree HEAD^{tree}

This will create an orphaned commit with the tree of HEAD, and output its name (SHA-1) on stdout. Then just reset your branch there.

git reset SHA-1

echo "message" | git commit-tree HEAD^{tree}

This will create an orphaned commit with the tree of HEAD, and output its name (SHA-1) on stdout. Then just reset your branch there.

git reset SHA-1

To do the above in a single step:

git reset $(git commit-tree HEAD^{tree} -m "commit message")

echo "message" | git commit-tree HEAD^{tree}

This will create an orphaned commit with the tree of HEAD, and output it's name (SHA-1) on stdout. Then just reset your branch there.

git reset SHA-1

echo "message" | git commit-tree HEAD^{tree}

This will create an orphaned commit with the tree of HEAD, and output its name (SHA-1) on stdout. Then just reset your branch there.

git reset SHA-1