From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:20:26 GMT
Subject: Re: Removing a commit from a local branch
Message-ID: <slrngml6mq.d1r.sitaramc@sitaramc.homelinux.net>
In-Reply-To: <a038bef50901111442y16695664y4fed7cdd9d8af27@mail.gmail.com>

On 2009-01-11, Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 :-)