From: Alexey Feldgendler <alexeyf@opera.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 15:46:50 GMT
Subject: Re: Correcting forgetting to make a new branch
Message-ID: <op.vr6rgcqs56e9f9@xman.eng.oslo.osa>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=fp=-pwi7Mj9TptP22mtP51bzq5UwTLRx9LnNB@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:31:18 +0100, Howard Miller  
<howard@e-learndesign.co.uk> wrote:

> The scenario is that I have done work on a branch and made a number of
> commits. What I wanted to do was to start a new branch before I made
> these commits. Unfortunatel, I got distracted and forgot that I hadn't
> done it.
>
> Is there are neat way to create the branch and 'move' the commits over?

Just create a new branch right where you are, it will be correct.

However, the branch that was active before when you should have branched  
will have been unintentionally updated. To fix that, you'll need to move  
the old branch a few commits back:

git branch -f <old-branch> <where-it-was-before>


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Alexey Feldgendler
Software Developer, Desktop Team, Opera Software ASA
[ICQ: 115226275] http://my.opera.com/feldgendler/