Re: Stupid question on getting branch from yesterday
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> So depending on what your situation is, this sequence actually works:
>
> #
> # Create and check out a "fixes" branch that has the
> # known-broken commit as its head commit
> #
> git checkout -b fixes <BROKEN-COMMIT>
>
> .. edit edit edit to fix the broken commit ..
>
> #
> # Then, just _replace_ the broken commit with the fixed state
> # by doing a "git commit --amend"
> #
> git commit -a --amend
>
> #
> # ok, now the "fixed-branch" is in good shape, but we
> # want to re-surrect our original 'master' branch WITH the
> # fix, and based on the fixed branch, so we rebase the
> # master branch# _onto_ the fixed state in "fixes", with
> # the broken commit (that we do _not_ want to include) as
> # the base.
> #
> git rebase --onto fixes <BROKEN-COMMIT> master
>
> Somebody else should verify that "git rebase" thing.