Re: Stupid question on getting branch from yesterday

[Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>]

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> So depending on what your situation is, this sequence actually works:
>
> 	#
> 	# Create and check out a "fixes" branch that has the 
> 	# known-broken commit as its head commit
> 	#
> 	git checkout -b fixes <BROKEN-COMMIT>
>
> 	.. edit edit edit to fix the broken commit ..
>
> 	#
> 	# Then, just _replace_ the broken commit with the fixed state
> 	# by doing a "git commit --amend"
> 	#
> 	git commit -a --amend
>
> 	#
> 	# ok, now the "fixed-branch" is in good shape, but we
> 	# want to re-surrect our original 'master' branch WITH the 
> 	# fix, and based on the fixed branch, so we rebase the
> 	# master branch# _onto_ the fixed state in "fixes", with
> 	# the broken commit (that we do _not_ want to include) as
> 	# the base.
> 	#
> 	git rebase --onto fixes <BROKEN-COMMIT> master
>
> Somebody else should verify that "git rebase" thing.

Looks fine.