From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sean Subject: Re: git bisect with history manipulation Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:25:27 -0400 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Oct 23 18:26:39 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc2cH-0007qq-Mz for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:25:34 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751992AbWJWQZa (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:25:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751991AbWJWQZa (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:25:30 -0400 Received: from bayc1-pasmtp11.bayc1.hotmail.com ([65.54.191.171]:37600 "EHLO BAYC1-PASMTP11.CEZ.ICE") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751992AbWJWQZ3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:25:29 -0400 X-Originating-IP: [65.93.43.81] X-Originating-Email: [seanlkml@sympatico.ca] Received: from linux1.attic.local ([65.93.43.81]) by BAYC1-PASMTP11.CEZ.ICE over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:34:21 -0700 Received: from guru.attic.local ([10.10.10.28]) by linux1.attic.local with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gc1g7-0003iG-Bt; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:25:27 -0400 To: Jakub Narebski Message-Id: <20061023122527.4c095580.seanlkml@sympatico.ca> In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.9 (GTK+ 2.10.4; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) X-OriginalArrivalTime: 23 Oct 2006 16:34:22.0125 (UTC) FILETIME=[182B4DD0:01C6F6C1] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:19:56 +0200 Jakub Narebski wrote: > Sean wrote: > > > $ patch < patch1 > > We have git-apply for that (sometimes git-am would work on whole > series of patches). Point taken. git-rebase and git-cherrypick may also be appropriate to snag the commits from another branch rather than reapplying them from patches. In fact you may already have a branch that works which contains just your patches on top of it. I was trying to make the example as clear as possible rather than exhaustive. Sean