On Tue, Jan 02, 2007 at 10:58:14PM +0100, Jakub Narebski wrote: > Brian Gernhardt wrote: > > >> The reason is simple, I often use git commit as :wq in my editor, > >> and > >> sometimes think that in a A--B--C--D and in fact, I'd prefer to have: > >> > >> {A,C}--B--D. how is it possible to do that in a not too cumbersome > >> way? because that would make sens to work in some scratch branch, and > >> then reorganize patches in a saner better way in the master branch. > >> > >> But I fail to see how to achieve that without using cumbersome > >> export-to-patch then git apply patch and edit logs which is painful > >> and > >> not really using git. > > > > The command you seem to be looking for is git-cherry-pick. To > > combine the two commits, I'd do something like: > > > > $ git cherry-pick A > > $ git cherry-pick C > > $ git reset HEAD~2 > > $ git add <files> > > $ git commit > > Or better learn about --no-commit option of git-cherry-pick. Or if you > don't mind additional tools I think you can do this using StGIT. oh those solutions look awsome and easily scriptable, which is exactly what I need, and it feels simpler to use for my small brain than the solution Junio proposed. thanks a lot ! I wonder why I never got to that alone ... -- ·O· Pierre Habouzit ··O madcoder@xxxxxxxxxx OOO http://www.madism.org
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