Re: Binary files in a linear repository

On 2009.11.02 18:48:31 +0300, Dmitry Potapov wrote:

On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 04:08:25PM +0100, Markus Hitter wrote:

quoted

Now I'm thinking about a much simpler solution: Simply declare the  
current set of files as (a modified) master/com005 and commit them. A  
"cp $GIT_DIR/master $GIT_DIR/HEAD" followed by a commit would do it.

Now my question: Is it safe to tweak the files in $GIT_DIR this way or 
will this corrupt the repository?

You probably should use 'git update-ref' if you want to change HEAD
manually. But it seems to me that you do not need even that. All what
you need is:

$ git reset --soft master

and then commit your changes (git reset --soft does not touch the index
file nor the working tree at all).

But then you still have to do:
git checkout master
git merge HEAD@{1}

To actually update the "master" branch head. The reset doesn't re-attach
HEAD.

Björn