Re: [boost] git reset and force push

Subject: Re: [boost] git reset and force push
From: Sam Kellett (samkellett_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-10-07 11:47:07

On 7 October 2015 at 16:45, Sam Kellett <samkellett_at_[hidden]> wrote:

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> On 7 October 2015 at 16:35, Raffi Enficiaud <
> raffi.enficiaud_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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>> Le 07/10/15 16:44, Sam Kellett a écrit :
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>>> out of interest, what's wrong with just reverting the offending commits?
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>> There is a pile of them, coupled with commits I want to keep. revert does
>> just not work, I have to rewind to that commit.
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> sorry i'm not sure follow... what's wrong with not just reverting each
> commit that was bad (how many are there that doing a force reset sounds
> more appealing?). what do you mean coupled, also? as in there's bit in your
> commits that want to keep but revert the majority of it? 'git rebase -i'
> will allow you to edit individual commits where you can pull out the stuff
> you want to keep and revert the reset of it.
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> nuking the history seems like such a last resort i'm struggling to see how
> it could be beneficial over spending a bit more time sorting out the tree..
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hang on, blonde moment... git rebase will of course change the history so
ignore that! of course you could take a diff of said commit, revert it,
apply the diff to your working directory and remove the bad bits of the
commit before commiting again what you want