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Re: Announcing git-reparent

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Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date
Jan 14, 2013, 20:08 UTC
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Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> writes:
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> Just wondering, is the result different than something like
>
> git checkout commit_to_reparent
> cp -r * ../snapshot/
> git reset --hard new_parent
> rm -r *
> cp -r ../snapshot/* .
> git add -A

I think you are looking for "git reset --soft new_parent", which keeps both the index and the working tree intact.

Andreas.
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Message 4 of 6 in “Announcing git-reparent”
  1. Mark LodatoJan 14, 2013
  2. Jonathan NiederJan 14, 2013
  3. Piotr KrukowieckiJan 14, 2013
  4. Andreas SchwabJan 14, 2013
  5. Mark LodatoJan 14, 2013
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2013

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