# Moving a branch to a different node 3 messages from 2010-06-06 to 2010-06-06. Participants: Mike Solomon, Taylor Hedberg, Andreas Schwab. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24027 ## Mike Solomon, 2010-06-06 21:01 Subject: Moving a branch to a different node Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/C831D94B.1D9DF%25mikesol%40ufl.edu ``` Hey git users, I am working on a project where I proceeded by the following steps: starting from master... 1) create branch foo 2) work in foo, make some commits, then a patch named Foo 3) create a branch bar while in foo 4) work in bar, make some commits, then a patch named Bar git show-branch gives me ! [master] Hello * [foo] Foo ! [bar] Bar I would like to make bar split off of master instead of foo so that I can format a patch that can be applied to master (Bar) without having to first apply Foo. Is there a way to do that? Thank you! ~Mike ``` ## Taylor Hedberg, 2010-06-06 22:08 Subject: Re: Moving a branch to a different node Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AANLkTimoPjrDNlGqu8VHGqADiH8zCIMSpMaUr7Et9MvS%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` I believe what you want is: git rebase --onto master foo bar On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Mike Solomon wrote: > > Hey git users, >    I am working on a project where I proceeded by the following steps: > > starting from master... > 1) create branch foo > 2) work in foo, make some commits, then a patch named Foo > 3) create a branch bar while in foo > 4) work in bar, make some commits, then a patch named Bar > > git show-branch gives me > > ! [master] Hello >  * [foo] Foo >  ! [bar] Bar > > I would like to make bar split off of master instead of foo so that I can > format a patch that can be applied to master (Bar) without having to first > apply Foo.  Is there a way to do that? > > Thank you! > ~Mike > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ``` ## Andreas Schwab, 2010-06-06 22:19 Subject: Re: Moving a branch to a different node Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/m2hblfregz.fsf%40igel.home In-Reply-To: ``` Mike Solomon writes: > Hey git users, > I am working on a project where I proceeded by the following steps: > > starting from master... > 1) create branch foo > 2) work in foo, make some commits, then a patch named Foo > 3) create a branch bar while in foo > 4) work in bar, make some commits, then a patch named Bar > > git show-branch gives me > > ! [master] Hello > * [foo] Foo > ! [bar] Bar > > I would like to make bar split off of master instead of foo so that I can > format a patch that can be applied to master (Bar) without having to first > apply Foo. Is there a way to do that? IIUC you want to rebase the commits in bar that are not in foo onto master. $ git rebase --onto master foo bar Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." ```