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author | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2024-12-04 17:05:49 +0000 |
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committer | Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2025-06-25 15:31:27 +0000 |
commit | be9db83332da2904403179527cb829628f13113a (patch) | |
tree | fe55ad94983f594a22dda1f5baf3c223b8c75ba2 /documentation/content/en/articles | |
parent | 7872626fddda5bd3c8406fcf2ac7e92d30605619 (diff) |
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-rw-r--r-- | documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc | 23 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc index 90db1ecdf2..d52aab2ee5 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/articles/committers-guide/_index.adoc @@ -1609,9 +1609,9 @@ The following answer assumes you committed to `main` and want to create a branch [source,shell] .... -% git branch issue # Create the 'issue' branch -% git reset --hard freebsd/main # Reset 'main' back to the official tip -% git checkout issue # Back to where you were +% git checkout -b issue # Create the 'issue' branch +% git checkout -B main freebsd/main # Reset main to upstream +% git checkout issue # Back to where you were .... ===== Ooops! I committed something to the wrong branch! @@ -1632,8 +1632,15 @@ It also assumes that it's the last commit on wilma (hence using wilma in the `gi % git reset --hard HEAD^ # move what wilma refers to back 1 commit .... -Git experts would first rewind the wilma branch by 1 commit, switch over to fred and then use `git reflog` to see what that 1 deleted commit was and -cherry-pick it over. +If it is not the last commit, you can cherry-pick that one change from wilma onto fred, then use `git rebase -i` to remove the change from wilma. + +[source,shell] +.... +# We're on branch wilma +% git checkout fred # move to fred branch +% git cherry-pick HASH_OF_CHANGE # copy the misplaced commit +% git rebase -i main wilma # drop the cherry-picked change +.... **Q:** But what if I want to commit a few changes to `main`, but keep the rest in `wilma` for some reason? @@ -1748,6 +1755,8 @@ How do I recover? **A:** This can happen when you invoke the pull with your development branch checked out. +Many developers use `git pull --rebase` to avoid this situation. + Right after the pull, you will have the new merge commit checked out. Git supports a `HEAD^#` syntax to examine the parents of a merge commit: @@ -1762,9 +1771,11 @@ Then you simply reset your branch to the corresponding `HEAD^#`: [source,shell] .... -git reset --hard HEAD^2 +git reset --hard HEAD^1 .... +In addition, a `git pull --rebase` at this stage will rebase your changes to 'main' to the latest 'freebsd/main'. + **Q:** But I also need to fix my `main` branch. How do I do that? **A:** Git keeps track of the remote repository branches in a `freebsd/` namespace. |