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From: 1234dev <1234dev@protonmail.com>
To: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [Feature request] An easier way of rebasing if you just want to "force send" a file back to a previous commit
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 19:42:46 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jvRjyPq1IXAbIqfIOfEu2KxNKCMq9ktnAlVF9jGrccIvlPt22V62Ic8j0dHvLDOS31YrHZ2_t8ldgUTgJQHGdsMiYhnpYJJmOlJQFwiif_8=@protonmail.com> (raw)

Hello!

I'm pretty new to all of this, but I was wondering. Is there an easier way of rebasing if you just want to force send a file back to a previous commit? Rebasing can get quite tiresome in the long run. It's like 7 steps, and that's without the merge conflicts someone with my luck is guaranteed to run into.

For instance, say I've made changes to a file. Those changes are too tiny and insignificant to make a new commit out of - they actually ought to be part of a commit I made last night.

If there just was a way to cheat :) I'm aware it would rewrite my entire history but that's okay, I haven't shared my repo with anybody yet. Maybe something along the lines of "git rebase --off-she-goes <file> <hash>"?

As opposed to "git stash && git rebase --interactive '<hash>^' && <change pick => edit> && <apply changes manually> && git add <file> && git commit --amend && git rebase --continue && git stash pop && <merge conflict that requires manual intervention> && git rebase --continue && git stash pop && <still a conflict> && rm <file> && git checkout <file> && <repeat the whole process> && <still a conflict> && <go to IRC and ask for help>

Might have gotten the above sequence of commands a bit wrong, I just learned how to rebase a few days ago. But hopefully y'all get my point.

Thanks!


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             reply	other threads:[~2020-01-12 19:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-12 19:42 1234dev [this message]
2020-01-12 19:56 ` [Feature request] An easier way of rebasing if you just want to "force send" a file back to a previous commit brian m. carlson
2020-01-12 20:41   ` 1234dev
2020-01-12 20:45   ` Taylor Blau
2020-01-13 14:13     ` 1234dev

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