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Re: Merge two different repositories (v2.4 + v2.5) into the one (v2.4 -> v2.5). Possible?

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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
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Jan 11, 2011, 12:41 UTC
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On 01/11/2011 01:33 PM, Алексей Шумкин wrote:
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> Thank you for the answer, but it's not what I want ))
> Applying patches is the same as rebasing, I guess.
> But I do not want to change v2.5-repo (let's call it so) that much.
> I'd like to know is there any method (low-level I suppose, as far as Git
> manages tree-objects as files) to make v2.4 LAST commit to be the
> parent of v2.5 FIRST commit?
> 

You want grafts. Check them up in the docs. Googling for "git graft" should get you a good starting point.

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Message 4 of 18 in “Merge two different repositories (v2.4 + v2.5) into the one (v2.4 -> v2.5). Possible?”
  1. Алексей ШумкинJan 11, 2011
  2. Martin KrügerJan 11, 2011
  3. Re[2]: Merge two different repositories (v2.4 + v2.5) into the one (v2.4 -> v2.5). Possible?Алексей Шумкин, Jan 11, 2011
  4. Andreas EricssonJan 11, 2011
  5. Re[2]: Merge two different repositories (v2.4 + v2.5) into the one (v2.4 -> v2.5). Possible?Алексей Шумкин, Jan 11, 2011
  6. Martin KrügerJan 11, 2011
  7. Jakub NarebskiJan 11, 2011
  8. Re[2]: Merge two different repositories (v2.4 + v2.5) into the one (v2.4 -> v2.5). Possible?Алексей Шумкин, Jan 11, 2011
  9. Re[2]: Merge two different repositories (v2.4 + v2.5) into the one (v2.4 -> v2.5). Possible?Алексей Шумкин, Jan 11, 2011
  10. Documentation: start to explain what git replace is forJonathan Nieder, Jan 12, 2011
  11. MaaartinJan 12, 2011
  12. Alexey ShumkinJan 13, 2011
  13. 2/1 fixup! Documentation: start to explain what git replace is forJonathan Nieder, Jan 14, 2011
  14. Maaartin-1Jan 14, 2011
  15. Jonathan NiederJan 14, 2011
  16. how multiple roots happen (Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/1] fixup! Documentation: start to explain what git replace is for)Jonathan Nieder, Jan 14, 2011
  17. Jakub NarebskiJan 14, 2011
  18. Maaartin-1Jan 15, 2011

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