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Re: How to create a new commit with the content of some commit?

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Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>
Date
May 12, 2009, 15:47 UTC
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On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com> wrote:
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> a----b
>  \----c
>
> Given the graph above, I want to create a commit b1 on top of c, where
> b1 and b have the same content. i.e.
>
> a----b
>  \----c----b1    ( content(b) == content(b1) )
More precisely, b1 and b point to the same tree object
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  2. Ping YinMay 12, 2009
  3. Tomas CarneckyMay 12, 2009
  4. Sitaram ChamartyMay 13, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2009
  6. Ping YinMay 12, 2009
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  8. Ping YinMay 12, 2009
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