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Re: git rebase -i without altering the committer date

From
Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date
Apr 21, 2016, 05:23 UTC
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Am 20.04.2016 um 23:47 schrieb Andreas Schwab:
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> Shaun Jackman <sjackman@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'd like to insert a commit between two commits without changing
>> the committer date or author date of that commit or the subsequent
>> commits.
>
> The easiest way to implement that is to add a graft to redirect the
> parent of the second commit to the inserted commit, then use git
> filter-branch to make the graft permanent.

This only inserts a new project state, but does not propagate the changes brought in by the new commit to the subsequent commits. This propagation of changes could also be done with filter-branch, but it may be difficult depending on circumstances.

-- Hannes
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  1. Shaun JackmanApr 20, 2016
  2. Junio C HamanoApr 20, 2016
  3. Shaun JackmanApr 20, 2016
  4. Andreas SchwabApr 20, 2016
  5. Johannes SixtApr 21, 2016
  6. Johannes SchindelinApr 21, 2016

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