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Re: Q: rebasing (moving) a whole tree (not just one branch)

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2011, 20:26 UTC
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Hi Dirk,
Dirk Süsserott wrote:
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> I'd like to rebase a whole tree from A to B. Not just a single
> branch, but a whole tree. Let's say I have the following history:
>
> --- A --- B
>     |
>     + -- C -- D
>          |
>          + E -- F
> 
> I'd like to rebase C and its descendants from A to B

I'd suggest cheating by making a merge of D and F and "rebase -p"-ing that. :)

To say something more sensible would probably require more information about the particular application, though.

Hope that helps, Jonathan

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