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From: Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Binary files in a linear repository
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 18:48:31 +0300
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On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:08:25PM +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:
>
> Now I'm thinking about a much simpler solution: Simply declare the  
> current set of files as (a modified) master/com005 and commit them. A  
> "cp $GIT_DIR/master $GIT_DIR/HEAD" followed by a commit would do it.
>
> Now my question: Is it safe to tweak the files in $GIT_DIR this way or 
> will this corrupt the repository?

You probably should use 'git update-ref' if you want to change HEAD
manually. But it seems to me that you do not need even that. All what
you need is:

$ git reset --soft master

and then commit your changes (git reset --soft does not touch the index
file nor the working tree at all).


Dmitry