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Re: How to create a new commit with the content of some commit?

From
Tomas Carnecky <tom@dbservice.com>
Date
May 12, 2009, 16:04 UTC
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On May 12, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Ping Yin wrote:
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> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 10:35 PM, Ping Yin <pkufranky@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> 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) )
>
> More precisely, b1 and b point to the same tree object

git checkout c git cherry-pick b

tom
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  1. Ping YinMay 12, 2009
  2. Ping YinMay 12, 2009
  3. Tomas CarneckyMay 12, 2009
  4. Sitaram ChamartyMay 13, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 12, 2009
  6. Ping YinMay 12, 2009
  7. Jeff KingMay 12, 2009
  8. Ping YinMay 12, 2009
  9. Jeff KingMay 12, 2009
  10. Ping YinMay 12, 2009

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