Re: switching upstream tips

[Ittay Dror <ittay.dror@gmail.com>]

Alex Riesen wrote:
> 2009/5/13 Ittay Dror <ittay.dror@gmail.com>:
>   
>> tried git rebase, this is what i get:
>> git rebase -i upstream master
>> fatal: Needed a single revision
>> Invalid base
>>     
>
> $ git checkout my-old-master-based-on-old-upstream
> $ git rebase -i old-upstream
>   
so i need to create an 'old-upstream' branch first, that is based on the 
tip of the old-upstream remote, right? how? (thanks for the patience)
>   
>>> Ok, that simplifies everything. Just cherry-pick (see "git cherry-pick")
>>> your commits on new upstream. You might find it easiest if you cherry-pick
>>> them on commits in new upstream which correspond the old-upstream
>>> exactly.
>>>       
>> can you explain a bit more how to work with git cherry-pick? if i understand
>> correctly, i need to write down my commits, switch to the new upstream tip
>> ('git checkout upstream master'?) and then call git cherry-pick for each of
>> my commits.
>>     
>
> $ gitk old-upstream-with-my-changes-on-top &
> $ git checkout -b my-new-master-on-top-of-new-upstream  new-upstream
> ...select a commit in gitk...
> $ git cherry-pick <paste-the-selected-commit-here> # hit Enter
>
> repeat until you run out of commits you want to have on top of the new upstream.
>