From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Mike Solomon <mikesol@UFL.EDU>
Cc: <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Moving a branch to a different node
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:19:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2hblfregz.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C831D94B.1D9DF%mikesol@ufl.edu> (Mike Solomon's message of "Sun, 06 Jun 2010 23:01:31 +0200")
Mike Solomon <mikesol@UFL.EDU> writes:
> Hey git users,
> I am working on a project where I proceeded by the following steps:
>
> starting from master...
> 1) create branch foo
> 2) work in foo, make some commits, then a patch named Foo
> 3) create a branch bar while in foo
> 4) work in bar, make some commits, then a patch named Bar
>
> git show-branch gives me
>
> ! [master] Hello
> * [foo] Foo
> ! [bar] Bar
>
> I would like to make bar split off of master instead of foo so that I can
> format a patch that can be applied to master (Bar) without having to first
> apply Foo. Is there a way to do that?
IIUC you want to rebase the commits in bar that are not in foo onto
master.
$ git rebase --onto master foo bar
Andreas.
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-06 22:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-06 21:01 Moving a branch to a different node Mike Solomon
2010-06-06 22:08 ` Taylor Hedberg
2010-06-06 22:19 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
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