From: "W. Trevor King" <wking@xxxxxxxxxx> I think this interface is much more convenient than extended cherry picking or using 'git format-patch'. Inserting a number of references should raise awareness among new users. The previously discussed methods (cherry picking and format-patch-ing) are still useful, because all of these approaches have the same effect, which may help demystify the process for newbies. Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index a8f792d..5d80b40 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -2532,6 +2532,13 @@ return mywork to the state it had before you started the rebase: $ git rebase --abort ------------------------------------------------- +If you need to reorder or edit a number of commits in a branch, it may +be easier to use `git rebase -i`, which allows you to reorder and +squash commits, as well as marking them for individual editing during +the rebase. See linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details, and +<<reordering-patch-series>> for alternatives. + + [[rewriting-one-commit]] Rewriting a single commit ------------------------- @@ -2546,10 +2553,10 @@ $ git commit --amend which will replace the old commit by a new commit incorporating your changes, giving you a chance to edit the old commit message first. -You can also use a combination of this and linkgit:git-rebase[1] to -replace a commit further back in your history and recreate the -intervening changes on top of it. First, tag the problematic commit -with +You can also use a combination of `commit --amend` and +linkgit:git-rebase[1] (see <<using-git-rebase>>) to replace a commit +further back in your history and recreate the intervening changes on +top of it. First, tag the problematic commit with ------------------------------------------------- $ git tag bad mywork~5 @@ -2584,6 +2591,12 @@ new commits having new object names. Reordering or selecting from a patch series ------------------------------------------- +There are a number of ways you can go about editing an existing patch +series. The easiest way is probably by using `git rebase -i`, +mentioned in <<using-git-rebase>>, but whether you use +linkgit:git-rebase[1] or one of the methods discussed below, the +effect is the same. Pick whichever approach you like best. + Given one existing commit, the linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1] command allows you to apply the change introduced by that commit and create a new commit that records it. So, for example, if "mywork" points to a -- 1.8.1.336.g94702dd -- 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