Re: Merge after rename

[Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Phil Susi <psusi@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to cherry pick an old change from an old branch onto the current
> master, and since the old change, the directory structure was altered and
> the modified files were moved.  Instead of detecting the new location of the
> file and applying the changes to it, git is re-adding the old file at the
> old location in its entirety.  How can I get it to correctly notice the
> rename and merge the changes in at the file's new location?
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Hi Phil,

One way is to format-patch the original commit, and run it through a
program like filterdiff, or edit the applied locations by hand. You
might also be able to use the merge subtree option.
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v1/Git-Tools-Subtree-Merging is where I
would start.

For example, I would try something like

git cherry-pick -X subtree=path/to/strip -X subtree=path/to/add <commit>

You might also have success with

git cherry-pick --strategy=subtree

which attempts to guess. Hopefully this helps!

Regards,
Jake