Re: Q: rebasing (moving) a whole tree (not just one branch)

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 18, 2011, 21:14 UTC
Message-ID: <7vaagsw2qb.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110318202637.GA23255@elie>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

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> Dirk Süsserott wrote:
>
>> I'd like to rebase a whole tree from A to B. Not just a single
>> branch, but a whole tree. Let's say I have the following history:
>>
>> --- A --- B
>>     |
>>     + -- C -- D
>>          |
>>          + E -- F
>> 
>> I'd like to rebase C and its descendants from A to B
>
> I'd suggest cheating by making a merge of D and F and "rebase -p"-ing
> that. :)
>
> To say something more sensible would probably require more information
> about the particular application, though.

I am not a huge fan of filter-branch, but shouldn't you be able to filter-branch D and F (and no other branch) on top of B?