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Re: Removing a commit from a local branch

From
Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 12, 2009, 01:20 UTC
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On 2009-01-11, Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Consider the following example. The maintainer has the
> following branch locally
>
>   todeliver: A-B-C-D
>
> He is happy with commits A, C and D but wants to reject B. Ideally I
> want to be able to say
>   git rebase --onto <parent of B> <child of B> todelvier
>
> and get
>   todeliver: A-C'-D'

you have an off-by-one error here. You need B, not child of B. Problem solved :-)

Previous: Chris Packham
Message 5 of 5 in “Removing a commit from a local branch”
  1. Chris PackhamJan 11, 2009
  2. Jakub NarebskiJan 11, 2009
  3. Björn SteinbrinkJan 11, 2009
  4. Chris PackhamJan 12, 2009
  5. Sitaram ChamartyJan 12, 2009

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