On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 2:36 AM, Andrew Eikum <aeikum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:25:33AM -0800, Ron Eggler wrote: >> Some time ago I created a DVT branch in my project and I have almost been >> exclusively working in it. Now the time for some test deployment came and I >> didn't have time to merge it all back into the master thus I gave out the >> DVT branch version. Now I would like to copy exactly what I have in that >> branch back into my master to have an exact copy in my master of what got >> deployed with out any changes. >> How can I do this? > > Couple options, depending on what you want: > > Rename DVT to master (similar to 'mv DVT master', including > losing the contents of 'master'): > $ git checkout --detach HEAD > $ git branch -M DVT master > $ git checkout master It might not be wise to take the strict definition of rename = move (copy + delete). You will lose *all* your reflog associated with master. The old master is gone forever. Resetting the branch is "safer". It's like pseudo-copying the branch. The reflog for both branches are still around. You can do this with # on master $ git reset --hard DVT or # not on master $ git branch -f master dvt -- Cheers, Ray Chuan -- 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