From: Vitor Antunes <vitor.hda@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: git fast-import : How to change parent during import?
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:23:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110828162325.5f479ef7@fenix.utopia.dhis.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110308024427.GA21471@elie>
On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 20:44:27 -0600
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> 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"?
I know this is an old topic, but I'm looking into this again now. What I'm
now trying to do is to stop using "--force".
Is there a way to manually force fast-import to drop an old commit that the
frontend script decided it was no longer necessary?
Thanks,
--
Vitor Antunes
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-28 15:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-08 1:21 git fast-import : How to change parent during import? Vitor Antunes
2011-03-08 2:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-03-08 21:19 ` Vitor Antunes
2011-03-08 22:23 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-03-09 14:21 ` Vitor Antunes
2011-03-30 17:25 ` Vitor Antunes
2011-08-28 15:23 ` Vitor Antunes [this message]
2011-08-28 23:39 ` Jonathan Nieder
2011-08-29 1:13 ` Sverre Rabbelier
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