Re: Adding a commit to the front of my branch?

> Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:11 AM, Stefan Haller <lists@haller-berlin.de> wrote:
>> > Robert Dailey <rcdailey.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Normally to add commits on my branch, I perform an interactive rebase:
>> >>
>> >> $ git rebase -i origin/master
>> >>
>> >> I mark the commit I want to put the new commit on top of as 'edit'.
>> >> However, if I want to add a commit to the front of my branch, I don't
>> >> really have a commit to mark as "edit".
>> >
>> > Instead of marking commits as edit, I usually add "x false" at the place
>> > where I want to add a commit. With this I find it easier to see where
>> > the new commit goes, and it also works before the first commit.
>>
>> What do you mean "x false"? I'm not familiar with this. Can you explain?
>
> "x" is a shorthand for "exec" (just like "p" is a shorthand for "pick",
> for instance). "exec" will execute an arbitrary shell command, and stop
> when that shell command fails with an exit code not equal to zero.
> "false" is a shell command that does nothing except return a non-zero
> exit code, so "x false" just stops and waits for you to "fix" something.
> At that point you can make additional commits, and then "git rebase
> --continue" to go on.