Re: Created branch in wrong place... how to fix?
Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk> writes:
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> I created a branch in a project and did a series of commits. I now
> discover that I really wanted to make all those changes against a
> completely different branch of the same project. There shouldn't be
> any issues as the branch introduces entirely new files (no changes to
> existing code).
>
> I'm struggling to see a way to do this without loosing the history.
> Some Google'ing suggests 'rebase --onto' but I'm struggling to see how
> this works or if it is appropriate. Any pointers much appreciated :)
> Thanks.
This is decidely work for git rebase:
$ git rebase --onto <where it should be based> <where it is based> <branch>
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Jakub Narebski
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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>