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Re: Announcing git-reparent

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 14, 2013, 08:05 UTC
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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:
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> Hi Mark,
>
> Mark Lodato wrote:
>
>> Create a new commit object that has the same tree and commit message as HEAD
>> but with a different set of parents.  If ``--no-reset`` is given, the full
>> object id of this commit is printed and the program exits
>
> I've been wishing for something like this for a long time.  I used to
> fake it using "cat-file commit", sed, and "hash-object -w" when
> stitching together poorly imported history using "git replace".
>
> Thanks for writing it.
>
> Ciao,
> Jonathan

The scriptq is simple enough, and from a cursory look, it may be fine to throw it in contrib/ after some minor style fixes and such, if many find it useful.

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  1. Mark LodatoJan 14, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 14, 2013
  3. Piotr KrukowieckiJan 14, 2013
  4. Andreas SchwabJan 14, 2013
  5. Mark LodatoJan 14, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2013

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