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Re: check if a commit is ascendent of a specific commit

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2006, 11:56 UTC
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<200611111256.20157.jnareb@gmail.com>
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Dnia sobota 11. listopada 2006 12:31, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy napisał:
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> On 11/11/06, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
>> You can only amend topmost commit in any branch. Anything else would
>> be rewriting history, starting from amended commit upwards in lineage
>> (parentage).
> 
> Yes. That's what I want. I am tempted to edit older commits just
> because I forgot to add some entries to .gitignore that I should have
> added sooner :-)

In pure git you would have to create new branch at the commit you want to amend, amend the commit (in this branch), and rebase (or cherry-pick if you need to edit other commits too) the rest, then rename branch. Or if you don't want ot loose reflog, tag/branch current branch, then reset (rewind) current branch to the commit you want to amend, then cherry-pick.

Or you can use cg-admin-rewritehist tool from Cogito.
See: http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitTips
-- 
Jakub Narebski
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Message 7 of 8 in “check if a commit is ascendent of a specific commit”
  1. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 11, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiNov 11, 2006
  3. Nguyen Thai Ngoc DuyNov 11, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2006
  5. Tom PrinceNov 11, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2006
  7. Jakub NarebskiNov 11, 2006
  8. Karl HasselströmNov 11, 2006

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