From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
To: vra5107 <venkatram.akkineni@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can a git changeset be created with no parent
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:33:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E7F3BAC.4020209@op5.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1316960136073-6829212.post@n2.nabble.com>
On 09/25/2011 04:15 PM, vra5107 wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am currently in the process of converting a large hg repository.
> One of the changesets has no parents assigned. So to mirror that is it
> possible to create a git changeset that doesnot have a parent ?
>
Yes. Each and every project git has ever managed starts with a commit
just like that. In git lingo, it's called a "root commit".
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Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-09-25 14:15 Can a git changeset be created with no parent vra5107
2011-09-25 14:33 ` Andreas Ericsson [this message]
2011-09-25 14:33 ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2011-09-26 19:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-26 21:41 ` Carlos Martín Nieto
2011-09-27 14:43 ` [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' Michael Witten
2011-09-27 15:02 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-27 15:46 ` [PATCH v2] " Michael Witten
2011-09-27 16:01 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-27 16:13 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-27 16:53 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-27 17:09 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-27 20:59 ` Philip Oakley
2011-09-28 16:23 ` [PATCH v3] " Michael Witten
2011-09-28 20:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-29 15:52 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-29 15:44 ` [PATCH v4] Docs: git checkout --orphan: Copyedit, and s/root commit/orphan branch/ Michael Witten
2011-09-29 16:44 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-29 20:05 ` Philip Oakley
2011-09-29 18:11 ` In favor of "git commit --no-parent" Junio C Hamano
2011-09-29 18:52 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-29 18:59 ` [PATCH] Documentation/git-checkout.txt: Explain --orphan without introducing an undefined "orphan branch" Junio C Hamano
2011-09-29 19:02 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-29 21:02 ` In favor of "git commit --no-parent" Phil Hord
2011-09-29 21:28 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-29 21:50 ` Phil Hord
2011-09-29 22:01 ` Michael Witten
[not found] ` <CABURp0q8YhTS-GDYOANEa19P-V2wf_EUTo=RHqnhDB619w=y-w@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <7vd3ejrqin.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
2011-09-29 21:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-29 22:07 ` Phil Hord
2011-09-29 22:29 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-29 22:32 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-29 23:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-30 0:51 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-30 2:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-29 22:07 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-27 15:49 ` [PATCH] Docs: git checkout --orphan: `root commit' and `branch head' Michael J Gruber
2011-09-27 16:02 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-27 17:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-27 17:50 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-27 20:34 ` Eric Raible
2011-09-27 21:31 ` Philip Oakley
2011-09-27 21:42 ` Jeff King
2011-09-27 23:28 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-27 23:35 ` Jeff King
2011-09-27 23:44 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-28 0:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-28 13:40 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-28 13:45 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-28 13:50 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-28 14:09 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-28 14:35 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-28 14:45 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-09-28 15:06 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-28 18:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2011-09-28 4:04 ` Jay Soffian
2011-09-28 4:37 ` Michael Witten
2011-09-28 8:00 ` Michael J Gruber
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