git-treesame-commit - Create commits that match the file tree of any arbitrary c...

git-treesame-commit

Utility to make new commits that are treesame with others.

Every commit has a treehash , or, a specific identifier that represents the state of the file tree. Two commits that have the exact same file tree and thus the exact same treehash are called treesame .

This tool allows you to create a new commit on your current branch that is treesame with any arbitrary commit anywhere else.

usage: git-treesame-commit [-h] [-a] [-p] [-m MESSAGE] commit

Make treesame commits

positional arguments:
  commit                the commit to match

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a, --keep-author     if set, keep the commit's original author
  -p, --both-parents    if set, commit will have both parents listed
  -m MESSAGE, --message MESSAGE
                        the new commit message

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2018 JT Olio

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