Move a sequential set of commits from one (local) branch to another
- by jpswain09
Is there a way to move a sequential set of commits from one (local) branch to another? I have searched quite a bit and still haven't found a clear answer for what I want to do.
For example, say I have this:
master A---B---C
\
feature-1 M---N---O---P---R---Q
And I have decided that the last 3 commits would be better off like this:
master A---B---C
\
feature-1 M---N---O
\
f1-crazy-idea P---R---Q
I know I can do this, and it does work:
$ git log --graph --pretty=oneline (copying down sha-1 ID's of P, R, Q)
$ git checkout feature-1
$ git reset --hard HEAD^^^
$ git checkout -b f1-crazy-idea
$ git cherry-pick <P sha1>
$ git cherry-pick <R sha1>
$ git cherry-pick <Q sha1>
I was hoping that instead there would be a more concise way to do this, possibly with git rebase, although I haven't had much luck.
Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jamie