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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Mark,
>
> Mark Lodato wrote:
>
>> Create a new commit object that has the same tree and commit message as HEAD
>> but with a different set of parents.  If ``--no-reset`` is given, the full
>> object id of this commit is printed and the program exits
>
> I've been wishing for something like this for a long time.  I used to
> fake it using "cat-file commit", sed, and "hash-object -w" when
> stitching together poorly imported history using "git replace".
>
> Thanks for writing it.
>
> Ciao,
> Jonathan

The scriptq is simple enough, and from a cursory look, it may be
fine to throw it in contrib/ after some minor style fixes and such,
if many find it useful.