Changing the starting commit of a new git branch

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I forgot to do a pull before creating a new branch. I did not recognize that, did the work and a finishing merge. Now I see that the starting point of the new (and now merged) branch is wrong as it is too far in the past.

Is it possible to correct that?

Create a new branch from the right point, then cherry-pick your commits. — skypjack, Aug 14 '16 at 06:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Assume the history consists of two branches - master & topic. topic is the branch you created from master without doing a git pull.

git reset --merge ORIG_HEAD  // Undo git-merge
git checkout master
git pull
git rebase master topic  // Replay commits of topic on new master

After this you can proceed with merge (if required).

For more detail on undo git-merge, refer here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Aug 14 '16 at 09:17

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Changing the starting commit of a new git branch

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