Re[2]: Merge two different repositories (v2.4 + v2.5) into the one (v2.4 -> v2.5). Possible?

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?

MK> It's possible with a little arts an crafts. MK> You have 2 friends: git format-patch & git am . MK> With "git format-patch" you will see what a branch really is: MK> a serie of patches. With "git am" you can apply these patches MK> to a branch created on the correct point of the commit-history . E MK> voila the branch is recreated in the repository.

MK> In your case:

MK> On the 2.5 repository master branch: MK> git format-patch INITIAL_COMMITID

MK> On the 2.4 repository master branch: MK> git branch 2.5 MK> git checkout 2.4 MK> git reset --hard INITIAL_COMMITID MK> cat *.patch | git am

MK> E voila you habe both branches in a single repository.

MK> Nearly same procedure for every branch of the 2.5 repository MK> git checkout branchname MK> git format-patch master

MK> In the 2.4(Contains now both branches.) respository: MK> git checkout 2.5 MK> git branch branchname MK> git reset --hard CORRECT_BRANCHBASE MK> cat *.patch | git am