Re: git fast-export/fast-import *facepalm*

Chris Packham [off-list ref] wrote:

What I've ended up with is a repository with a detached set of changes i.e

o -o   l - l - l - l - l - l     o - master
     \                          /
      o - o - o - o - o - o

o = our commits
l = linux commits

Because the code is common textually I think what I really should have done is

(cd linux-2.6.32.y; git format-patch v2.6.32.12..v2.6.32.14) | git am

Which I'll give a try in a minute. In the meantime is there anyway for
me to safely remove the upstream linux commits without loosing our
commits in the process?

If I read your diagram right, the l-l-l chain isn't connected at
all to your graph, so it should just get removed with `git gc`.

But if it is connected due to a merge with your master, lookup the
merge and find its parent which is your local stuff and `git reset
--hard` to that commit.

-- 
Shawn.