Fixing a git Commit to the Wrong Branch Before it's Been Pushed

Git Version Control

If you've accidentally committed to the wrong branch in git, but haven't yet pushed your changes, here is a quick and easy way to revert the commit, and retain and move your changes to the correct branch.

Here is the description of a soft reset from git help reset:

--soft
    Does not touch the index file or the working tree at all (but resets the head to <commit>, just like all modes do). This leaves all your changed files "Changes to be committed", as git status would put it.

So let's start by executing the soft reset:

git reset --soft HEAD^

The changes remain in your working directory, and the errant commit has been reverted. Now just switch to the desired branch and commit your changes again.

git checkout desired_branch
git commit -a

Now that the commit has been made on the correct branch, push your changes and you're good to go!