From: "Peter Harris" <git@peter.is-a-geek.org>
To: "Nicholas Wieland" <nicholas.wieland@gmail.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Overwrite master
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 11:32:29 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <eaa105840812020832p395ecefdq57e62f95182a3557@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D1AC0A41-E89A-4B53-A449-DA9C4422998E@zooppa.com>
On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Nicholas Wieland wrote:
> Hi *,
> I need to overwrite my master branch with another branch. I've already
> created a backup branch of my master.
While on master,
"git reset --hard <newbranch>"
Or while on a different branch,
git branch -D master
git branch master <newbranch>
Peter Harris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-12-02 16:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-02 16:10 Overwrite master Nicholas Wieland
2008-12-02 16:32 ` Peter Harris [this message]
2008-12-02 20:09 ` Nicholas Wieland
2008-12-02 20:28 ` Peter Harris
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