From: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> This is slightly simpler if we use a detached head. And it's probably good to have another example that uses this feature. Signed-off-by: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/user-manual.txt | 15 ++++++++------- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index c32aaef..5c62516 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ $ cat .git/HEAD ref: refs/heads/master ------------------------------------------------ +[[detached-head]] Examining an old version without creating a new branch ------------------------------------------------------ @@ -2055,22 +2056,22 @@ $ git tag bad mywork~5 (Either gitk or git-log may be useful for finding the commit.) -Then check out a new branch at that commit, edit it, and rebase the rest of -the series on top of it: +Then check out that commit, edit it, and rebase the rest of the series +on top of it (note that we could check out the commit on a temporary +branch, but instead we're using a <<detached-head,detached head>>): ------------------------------------------------- -$ git checkout -b TMP bad +$ git checkout bad $ # make changes here and update the index $ git commit --amend -$ git rebase --onto TMP bad mywork +$ git rebase --onto HEAD bad mywork ------------------------------------------------- -When you're done, you'll be left with mywork checked out, with the top patches -on mywork reapplied on top of the modified commit you created in TMP. You can +When you're done, you'll be left with mywork checked out, with the top +patches on mywork reapplied on top of your modified commit. You can then clean up with ------------------------------------------------- -$ git branch -d TMP $ git tag -d bad ------------------------------------------------- -- 1.5.1.1.98.gedb4f - 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