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Re: multiple-commit cherry-pick?

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Björn Steinbrink <b.steinbrink@gmx.de>
Date
Nov 6, 2008, 12:26 UTC
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<20081106122658.GB4192@atjola.homenet>
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<buozlkd6oh1.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>
On 2008.11.06 21:14:18 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
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> Björn Steinbrink <B.Steinbrink@gmx.de> writes:
> > git reset --hard C
> > git rebase --onto ORIG_HEAD A^
> 
> Is that safe...?  Doesn't git-rebase also set ORIG_HEAD?

One of the first things rebase does is validating and resolving its arguments. And that's happening before any actions that would touch ORIG_HEAD. Though I'm not sure if it's always been like that.

Björn
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