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Switching branch before commit

From
RPRon Parker <ron.parker@mobot.org>
Date
May 10, 2007, 19:43 UTC
Message-ID
<769697AE3E25EF4FBC0763CD91AB1B0201D496E7@MBGMail01.mobot.org>
I know this is probably a FAQ and I thought I found it somewhere once,
but... How do I commit changes from in my working directory to another
(possibly non-existent) branch?
 
All too often I am working on changes and realize I am sitting on master
or a topic branch and I need to commit my mods to different branch.  I
really don't like:
 
    git commit
    git branch <other-branch>
    git reset --hard HEAD^
 
Is there anything like:
    git commit -b <other-branch> [<file>...]?
If not, would patches to implement such a change be accepted?
Next: Adam Roben
Message 1 of 3 in “Switching branch before commit”
  1. Ron ParkerMay 10, 2007
  2. Adam RobenMay 10, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoMay 10, 2007

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