user-manual: Reorganize the reroll sections, adding 'git rebase -i'
I think this interface is often more convenient than extended cherry picking or using 'git format-patch'. In fact, I removed the cherry-pick section entirely. The entry-level suggestions for rerolling are now: 1. git commit --amend 2. git format-patch origin git reset --hard origin ...edit and reorder patches... git am *.patch 3. git rebase -i origin Signed-off-by: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@ -2556,6 +2556,12 @@ return mywork to the state it had before you started the rebase:
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$ git rebase --abort
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If you need to reorder or edit a number of commits in a branch, it may
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be easier to use `git rebase -i`, which allows you to reorder and
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squash commits, as well as marking them for individual editing during
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the rebase. See <<interactive-rebase>> for details, and
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<<reordering-patch-series>> for alternatives.
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[[rewriting-one-commit]]
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Rewriting a single commit
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@ -2569,72 +2575,89 @@ $ git commit --amend
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which will replace the old commit by a new commit incorporating your
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changes, giving you a chance to edit the old commit message first.
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This is useful for fixing typos in your last commit, or for adjusting
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the patch contents of a poorly staged commit.
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You can also use a combination of this and linkgit:git-rebase[1] to
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replace a commit further back in your history and recreate the
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intervening changes on top of it. First, tag the problematic commit
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with
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$ git tag bad mywork~5
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(Either gitk or `git log` may be useful for finding the commit.)
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Then check out that commit, edit it, and rebase the rest of the series
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on top of it (note that we could check out the commit on a temporary
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branch, but instead we're using a <<detached-head,detached head>>):
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$ git checkout bad
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$ # make changes here and update the index
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$ git commit --amend
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$ git rebase --onto HEAD bad mywork
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When you're done, you'll be left with mywork checked out, with the top
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patches on mywork reapplied on top of your modified commit. You can
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then clean up with
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$ git tag -d bad
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Note that the immutable nature of git history means that you haven't really
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"modified" existing commits; instead, you have replaced the old commits with
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new commits having new object names.
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If you need to amend commits from deeper in your history, you can
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use <<interactive-rebase,interactive rebase's `edit` instruction>>.
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[[reordering-patch-series]]
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Reordering or selecting from a patch series
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Given one existing commit, the linkgit:git-cherry-pick[1] command
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allows you to apply the change introduced by that commit and create a
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new commit that records it. So, for example, if "mywork" points to a
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series of patches on top of "origin", you might do something like:
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$ git checkout -b mywork-new origin
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$ gitk origin..mywork &
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and browse through the list of patches in the mywork branch using gitk,
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applying them (possibly in a different order) to mywork-new using
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cherry-pick, and possibly modifying them as you go using `git commit --amend`.
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The linkgit:git-gui[1] command may also help as it allows you to
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individually select diff hunks for inclusion in the index (by
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right-clicking on the diff hunk and choosing "Stage Hunk for Commit").
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Another technique is to use `git format-patch` to create a series of
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patches, then reset the state to before the patches:
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Sometimes you want to edit a commit deeper in your history. One
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approach is to use `git format-patch` to create a series of patches
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and then reset the state to before the patches:
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$ git format-patch origin
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$ git reset --hard origin
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Then modify, reorder, or eliminate patches as preferred before applying
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them again with linkgit:git-am[1].
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Then modify, reorder, or eliminate patches as needed before applying
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them again with linkgit:git-am[1]:
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$ git am *.patch
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[[interactive-rebase]]
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Using interactive rebases
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You can also edit a patch series with an interactive rebase. This is
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the same as <<reordering-patch-series,reordering a patch series using
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`format-patch`>>, so use whichever interface you like best.
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Rebase your current HEAD on the last commit you want to retain as-is.
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For example, if you want to reorder the last 5 commits, use:
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$ git rebase -i HEAD~5
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This will open your editor with a list of steps to be taken to perform
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your rebase.
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pick deadbee The oneline of this commit
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pick fa1afe1 The oneline of the next commit
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...
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# Rebase c0ffeee..deadbee onto c0ffeee
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#
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# Commands:
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# p, pick = use commit
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# r, reword = use commit, but edit the commit message
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# e, edit = use commit, but stop for amending
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# s, squash = use commit, but meld into previous commit
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# f, fixup = like "squash", but discard this commit's log message
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# x, exec = run command (the rest of the line) using shell
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#
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# These lines can be re-ordered; they are executed from top to bottom.
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#
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# If you remove a line here THAT COMMIT WILL BE LOST.
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#
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# However, if you remove everything, the rebase will be aborted.
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#
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# Note that empty commits are commented out
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As explained in the comments, you can reorder commits, squash them
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together, edit commit messages, etc. by editing the list. Once you
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are satisfied, save the list and close your editor, and the rebase
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will begin.
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The rebase will stop where `pick` has been replaced with `edit` or
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when a step in the list fails to mechanically resolve conflicts and
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needs your help. When you are done editing and/or resolving conflicts
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you can continue with `git rebase --continue`. If you decide that
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things are getting too hairy, you can always bail out with `git rebase
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--abort`. Even after the rebase is complete, you can still recover
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the original branch by using the <<reflogs,reflog>>.
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For a more detailed discussion of the procedure and additional tips,
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see the "INTERACTIVE MODE" section of linkgit:git-rebase[1].
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[[patch-series-tools]]
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