From: "Alexey Feldgendler" <alexeyf@opera.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Correcting forgetting to make a new branch
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:46:50 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <op.vr6rgcqs56e9f9@xman.eng.oslo.osa> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=fp=-pwi7Mj9TptP22mtP51bzq5UwTLRx9LnNB@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:31:18 +0100, Howard Miller
<howard@e-learndesign.co.uk> wrote:
> The scenario is that I have done work on a branch and made a number of
> commits. What I wanted to do was to start a new branch before I made
> these commits. Unfortunatel, I got distracted and forgot that I hadn't
> done it.
>
> Is there are neat way to create the branch and 'move' the commits over?
Just create a new branch right where you are, it will be correct.
However, the branch that was active before when you should have branched
will have been unintentionally updated. To fix that, you'll need to move
the old branch a few commits back:
git branch -f <old-branch> <where-it-was-before>
--
Alexey Feldgendler
Software Developer, Desktop Team, Opera Software ASA
[ICQ: 115226275] http://my.opera.com/feldgendler/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-11 15:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-11 15:31 Correcting forgetting to make a new branch Howard Miller
2011-03-11 15:46 ` Alexey Feldgendler [this message]
2011-03-11 15:50 ` Matthieu Moy
2011-03-11 15:53 ` Howard Miller
2011-03-11 15:49 ` Michael J Gruber
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