Re: git fast-import : How to change parent during import?

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

Vitor Antunes wrote:

> Is it possible to change the parent of a commit during fast import?
> I've tried using "reset" command and making a new commit pointing to a
> new parent, but in both cases I get a "new tip ... does not contain
> ..." error message.

Have you tried "git fast-import --force"?

> Providing a bit of context. I'm trying to improve git-p4 to detect the
> parent commit of a new branch.
[...]
> To achieve this I used the checkpoint command to flush the list of
> imported commits to disk and then used standard rev-list and diff-tree
> commands to make find the parent commit. I am now at a point where I
> am able to correctly identify the parent commit, but when trying to
> update the from information I get the above message.

The advice in the section "Use Tag Fixup Branches" of git-fast-import(1)
might be useful.

Thanks for an interesting example, and hope that helps.
Jonathan