On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:08:25PM +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > > Now I'm thinking about a much simpler solution: Simply declare the > current set of files as (a modified) master/com005 and commit them. A > "cp $GIT_DIR/master $GIT_DIR/HEAD" followed by a commit would do it. > > Now my question: Is it safe to tweak the files in $GIT_DIR this way or > will this corrupt the repository? You probably should use 'git update-ref' if you want to change HEAD manually. But it seems to me that you do not need even that. All what you need is: $ git reset --soft master and then commit your changes (git reset --soft does not touch the index file nor the working tree at all). Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html