From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 15:59:33 GMT
Subject: Re: How to create a new commit with the content of some commit?
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In-Reply-To: <46dff0320905120735l501dcaf4ia8197d24b7684cfe@mail.gmail.com>

Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com> writes:

> a----b
>  \----c
>
> Given the graph above, I want to create a commit b1 on top of c, where
> b1 and b have the same content. i.e.
>
> a----b
>  \----c----b1    ( content(b) == content(b1) )

On "c", you can:

    git read-tree -m -u b
    git commit

I think with newer git you can say

    git reset --merge b
    git commit

instead, to save some typing.