From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:26:37 GMT
Subject: Re: Q: rebasing (moving) a whole tree (not just one branch)
Message-ID: <20110318202637.GA23255@elie>
In-Reply-To: <4D83BB0A.8070307@dirk.my1.cc>

Hi Dirk,

Dirk Süsserott wrote:

> 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