Questions tagged [git-history-rewrite]
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Remove all commits prior to a commit with `git filter-repo`
Is there a way to 'remove' all commits prior to a specific commit all the way to the root commit?
I figured git filter-repo does this kind of stuff?
Although I wasn't sure if it will work when root ...
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Git squash/combine old commits in a bare repository
I'm looking for a way to remove certain old commits from a history for a bare git repo.
Normally, I would do git squash and squash everything besides E and D commits.
That does not work for a bare ...
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git replace --graft not truncating commit log
If I run git replace --graft SHA on a simple test repo, it seems to correctly truncate the repo (with respect to the provided SHA) when viewed via git log.
However on a more complicated repo when I ...
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Change git history of PR merged long time ago from commit method to squash method
Hello to the community!
As you can see in the diagram there is a commit (cm1) that includes a lot of binary files that was committed in a local branch.
This commit was reverted at cm2 and at the final ...
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How can I move changes to a file from one commit to another?
How can I directly edit git history as to "drag 'n drop" changes from one commit to another?
Within a branch I have three commits:
A--B--C
The contents of which are:
A -- add file_a
B -- ...
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Does Git leave any evidence that a rebase ever even occurred after the fact?
I understand that a rebase rewrites history. But is there any record or sign that a rebase occurred left in the repository after the fact?
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Delete/Squash old commits while keeping the changes that they introduced [duplicate]
I'm trying to delete/squash a bunch of old commits that I don't want on my git history which were just made to put together code from multiple locations that were not using git (local folders from ...
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Git filter-branch or filter-repo to update submodule gitlink?
I have git repository A that uses B as a submodule.
B's history has been rewritten after an LFS migration, but I would love it if A could still have its entire history functional. After the LFS ...
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Is there a `map()` like operation in git, to create a modified copy of each revision as another branch?
I would like to create a copy of a branch history (all the way from the initial commit to the current state, with all the merges, etc), but I need to apply a custom logic at each revision - something ...
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Remove a number of files from old commits on specific remote branch of git repo (without having to push to master branch)
I work with a code base shared by a number of people and have a particular branch that is for my personal use only. I made a huge mistake and about 10 commits ago removed a particular file type from ...
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How to insert a git branch between branches (and possibly rename) without affecting other users?
I have a repo that I share with other users, so I'd love a solution that minimizes what others have to do, if there's a way they can just pull the changes, I'd love that.
Here's my current git ...
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git Second Order History
When working on a patchest, I'm expected to provide a set of clean commits. Therefore I often find myself rewriting history repeatedly before my commit-set is clean and ready to be merged.
In this ...
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How can I create a commit that rolls back another one?
For simplicity, let's create a repository with two commits only:
mkdir somedir
cd somedir
git init
echo hello > somefile
git add somefile
git commit -m 'first'
echo world >> somefile
git ...
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Replace file (LICENSE.md) in git history safely
I have a repository hosted on GitHub in which I want to replace my LICENSE file with another LICENSE file in the git history. The original LICENSE file was added with the very first commit of the ...
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How to update my feature branch after a force push on the base branch . We only use rebase, merges are forbidden
We are working with a very simple structure in git.
First we have our master branch.
Below we have develop
And finally we can have any feature branch
We only use rebase for updating the history on our ...
