On 2009.11.02 19:52:15 +0300, Dmitry Potapov wrote: > On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 05:09:03PM +0100, Björn Steinbrink wrote: > > On 2009.11.02 18:48:31 +0300, Dmitry Potapov wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:08:25PM +0100, Markus Hitter wrote: > > > 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). > > > > But then you still have to do: > > git checkout master > > git merge HEAD@{1} > > > > To actually update the "master" branch head. The reset doesn't re-attach > > HEAD. > > You are right... I forgot about that somehow. So, it should be > > $ git reset --soft master > $ git checkout master > > and only then > > $ git commit That would do, but: git checkout <commit> *make changes* git reset --soft master git checkout master git commit seems unnecessarily complicated, when you could as well do: git read-tree -u --reset <commit> *make changes* git commit Björn -- 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