From: Miles Bader Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:09:07 GMT Subject: Re: multiple-commit cherry-pick? Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20081106122658.GB4192@atjola.homenet> Björn Steinbrink writes: >> > git reset --hard C >> > git rebase --onto ORIG_HEAD A^ >> >> Is that safe...? Doesn't git-rebase also set ORIG_HEAD? > > One of the first things rebase does is validating and resolving its > arguments. And that's happening before any actions that would touch > ORIG_HEAD. Ah, I see. Hmm, I guess using rebase --abort isn't a very good idea in this case though... :-/ Kind of a shame, since it's nice being to just abort the whole operation if it turns out you did something wrong and aren't sure how to recover. Thanks, -Miles -- Kilt, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen [sic] in America and Americans in Scotland.