From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE6E1F4B4 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 22:50:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2391386AbgJPWuF (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:50:05 -0400 Received: from smtpq3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net ([212.54.42.166]:35438 "EHLO smtpq3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2390253AbgJPWuE (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:50:04 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1112 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:50:03 EDT Received: from [212.54.42.137] (helo=smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net) by smtpq3.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kTYG2-0002ty-BH for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:31:30 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ziggo.nl; s=202002corplgsmtpnl; h=Date:Subject:From:To; bh=6JMdL5uxmaUb1K8ih0wM7oWyeCWDAdSPFjSET9iMu64=; b=ENCSdK54jm/Gir/62/JvtiWK4U 4h6MiNoH6s33zggJpGxrb9if0H25BtYyoM2+0JXwHP5nuN7uYUnbYHvXHno1hl2ZAb+BJMYafvIYy NdALDUeBROFF+/mPwnFHFZEuQfzZzxnMVH2l3+6k5ueOFUcD1zSnJkMAAJqifuodgPQxf28M9ab9C qnEKYKGdJMPoTXPV1hbZuXCJS40OGofQBeEhMAsTk03lunRIXNFZx+cQwl6snjXrRKEun3XF5bpnb mXZFs6MUlu0SzIOg5JCfqg0i/N9cPZ2Lvcf5eLI7/Fn1wEjyz5iXoMvFYY3EKetGlNAS3INOrvSLG 5/WJ14Ww==; Received: from 94-211-46-235.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl ([94.211.46.235] helo=[192.168.1.101]) by smtp6.tb.mail.iss.as9143.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1kTYG1-001nAP-G9 for git@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:31:29 +0200 To: git@vger.kernel.org From: Erwin Dondorp Subject: question on "git subtree split" Message-ID: Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 00:31:29 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.12.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: nl X-SourceIP: 94.211.46.235 X-Authenticated-Sender: erwindon@ziggo.nl (via SMTP) X-Ziggo-spambar: / X-Ziggo-spamscore: 0.0 X-Ziggo-spamreport: CMAE Analysis: v=2.4 cv=UZjv9IeN c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=5f8a1f41 a=94fhqBjo3BnQsa8EFWpL5A==:17 a=9+rZDBEiDlHhcck0kWbJtElFXBc=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=afefHYAZSVUA:10 a=uPZiAMpXAAAA:8 a=OxCnMaZgw1TWx1HfN2UA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=kKlv5diQZ1kA:10 a=pHzHmUro8NiASowvMSCR:22 a=n87TN5wuljxrRezIQYnT:22 X-Ziggo-Spam-Status: No Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello, I'm splitting the directories of one large repository into multiple repositories using "git subtree split". Everything is clear and understandable thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/359424/detach-move-subdirectory-into-separate-git-repository#17864475 The new branch is created and contains exactly the expected commits. But the oldest commit from the new branch is not connected to the initial (empty) commit of the repository. Instead, it is a new parent-less commit. This causes problems with some of the next operations that I need to perform as project cleanup, like squashing/re-ordering commits. Is this intentional that the oldest commit of the new branch is parent-less? Erwin