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Re: collapsing commits with rebase

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jan 8, 2009, 00:45 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0901080144270.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
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Hi,
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Geoff Russell wrote:
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> Dear gits,
> 
> I have a series of commits:
> 
>     A---B---C---D---E---F
> 
> I want to collapse B---C---D into one single commit. git rebase -i B 
> will allow me to do this, but I'm looking for a non-interactive 
> incantation.
You set GIT_EDITOR to a script ;-)
Alternatively, something like this should work for you:
	$ git checkout A
	$ git read-tree -u -m D
	$ git commit -m "My message"
	$ git cherry-pick E
	$ git cherry-pick F

Hth, Dscho

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  3. Geoff RussellJan 8, 2009
  4. Johannes SchindelinJan 8, 2009
  5. Geoff RussellJan 10, 2009
  6. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Jan 8, 2009
  7. Miklos VajnaJan 8, 2009
  8. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Jan 8, 2009
  9. Geoff RussellJan 8, 2009
  10. Sitaram ChamartyJan 8, 2009
  11. Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.Jan 8, 2009
  12. nadim khemirJan 10, 2009

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