From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:08:58 GMT
Subject: Re: Announcing git-reparent
Message-ID: <m21udnzfvp.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <CAA01Csoh24ppo37fzptzZKvFrzGQyhz-0eDTQsP8tZiTRQ2YwA@mail.gmail.com>

Piotr Krukowiecki <piotr.krukowiecki@gmail.com> writes:

> 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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