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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: Announcing git-reparent
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Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> writes:

> Just wondering, is the result different than something like
>
> git checkout commit_to_reparent
> cp -r * ../snapshot/
> git reset --hard new_parent
> rm -r *
> cp -r ../snapshot/* .
> git add -A

I think you are looking for "git reset --soft new_parent", which keeps
both the index and the working tree intact.

Andreas.

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