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From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: Forward-port a patch using git
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 13:16:26 -0500
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On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 07:11:23PM +0100, Spelic wrote:

> I found it myself, sorry for having asked.
> 
> It was:
> 
> checkout v2.6.36

Be aware that checking out the v2.6.36 tag will mean you are not on any
branch. So this will work fine:

> apply 1 patch
> commit
> apply 1 patch
> commit
> ...
> rebase v2.6.37-rc4
> git format-patch -o <destdir> -numpatches

But at the end, you will not have any branch tip pointing to your
rebased work. If all you want are the patches as output, then that's
fine. But you may want to do:

  git checkout -b some-useful-name v2.6.36

as the first step instead, which means you can come back to your rebased
work later as "some-useful-name".

-Peff