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I am not so familiar with version control. If I have my own branch from the master and eventually screw up something forcing me having to branch from an earlier point, can I safely delete my main branch to replace it with the new one? In other words if the master is branch A and I branch from the master as B and eventually branch from B as C, can I delete B in-order for C to become the main branch? Or will that result in C also being deleted?
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I am not so familiar with version control. If I have my own branch from the master and eventually screw up something forcing me having to branch from an earlier point, can I safely delete my main branch to replace it with the new one? In other words if the master is branch A and I branch from the master as B and eventually branch from B as C, can I delete B in-order for C to become the main branch? Or will that result in C also being deleted?
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asked Jan 3 at 13:24
Dean StrydomDean Strydom
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I am not so familiar with version control. If I have my own branch from the master and eventually screw up something forcing me having to branch from an earlier point, can I safely delete my main branch to replace it with the new one? In other words if the master is branch A and I branch from the master as B and eventually branch from B as C, can I delete B in-order for C to become the main branch? Or will that result in C also being deleted?
version-control atlassian-sourcetree
asked Jan 3 at 13:24
Dean StrydomDean Strydom
978
I am not so familiar with version control. If I have my own branch from the master and eventually screw up something forcing me having to branch from an earlier point, can I safely delete my main branch to replace it with the new one? In other words if the master is branch A and I branch from the master as B and eventually branch from B as C, can I delete B in-order for C to become the main branch? Or will that result in C also being deleted?
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version-control atlassian-sourcetree
asked Jan 3 at 13:24
Dean StrydomDean Strydom
978
asked Jan 3 at 13:24
Dean StrydomDean Strydom
978
asked Jan 3 at 13:24
Dean StrydomDean Strydom
978
asked Jan 3 at 13:24
Dean StrydomDean Strydom
978
asked Jan 3 at 13:24
Dean StrydomDean Strydom
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In my opinion, repository are only a list of commit files.
In Git, branch are pointer on commit.
Commit store changes since the last commit.
Remove the branch "B" only remove the pointer "B".
It doesn't remove commits and files.
So remove the pointer "B" has no effect on the pointer "C".
Then you can remove the branch "B" without removing the branch "C".
But changes made in branch "B" after creating the branch "C" will be lost.
An simple example :
mkdir testBranchGit
cd testBranchGit
git init
touch 01.md
git add 01.md
git commit -m "01.md"
git checkout -b branchB
touch 02.md
git add 02.md
git commit -m "02.md"
git checkout -b branchC branchB
touch 03.md
git add 03.md
git commit -m "03.md"
git branch -d branchB
ls
git branch --list
git log
answered Jan 3 at 14:48
Florian CallewaertFlorian Callewaert
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In my opinion, repository are only a list of commit files.
In Git, branch are pointer on commit.
Commit store changes since the last commit.
Remove the branch "B" only remove the pointer "B".
It doesn't remove commits and files.
So remove the pointer "B" has no effect on the pointer "C".
Then you can remove the branch "B" without removing the branch "C".
But changes made in branch "B" after creating the branch "C" will be lost.
An simple example :
mkdir testBranchGit
cd testBranchGit
git init
touch 01.md
git add 01.md
git commit -m "01.md"
git checkout -b branchB
touch 02.md
git add 02.md
git commit -m "02.md"
git checkout -b branchC branchB
touch 03.md
git add 03.md
git commit -m "03.md"
git branch -d branchB
ls
git branch --list
git log
answered Jan 3 at 14:48
Florian CallewaertFlorian Callewaert
814
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In my opinion, repository are only a list of commit files.
In Git, branch are pointer on commit.
Commit store changes since the last commit.
Remove the branch "B" only remove the pointer "B".
It doesn't remove commits and files.
So remove the pointer "B" has no effect on the pointer "C".
Then you can remove the branch "B" without removing the branch "C".
But changes made in branch "B" after creating the branch "C" will be lost.
An simple example :
mkdir testBranchGit
cd testBranchGit
git init
touch 01.md
git add 01.md
git commit -m "01.md"
git checkout -b branchB
touch 02.md
git add 02.md
git commit -m "02.md"
git checkout -b branchC branchB
touch 03.md
git add 03.md
git commit -m "03.md"
git branch -d branchB
ls
git branch --list
git log
answered Jan 3 at 14:48
Florian CallewaertFlorian Callewaert
814
add a comment |
In my opinion, repository are only a list of commit files.
In Git, branch are pointer on commit.
Commit store changes since the last commit.
Remove the branch "B" only remove the pointer "B".
It doesn't remove commits and files.
So remove the pointer "B" has no effect on the pointer "C".
Then you can remove the branch "B" without removing the branch "C".
But changes made in branch "B" after creating the branch "C" will be lost.
An simple example :
mkdir testBranchGit
cd testBranchGit
git init
touch 01.md
git add 01.md
git commit -m "01.md"
git checkout -b branchB
touch 02.md
git add 02.md
git commit -m "02.md"
git checkout -b branchC branchB
touch 03.md
git add 03.md
git commit -m "03.md"
git branch -d branchB
ls
git branch --list
git log
answered Jan 3 at 14:48
Florian CallewaertFlorian Callewaert
814
In my opinion, repository are only a list of commit files.
In Git, branch are pointer on commit.
Commit store changes since the last commit.
Remove the branch "B" only remove the pointer "B".
It doesn't remove commits and files.
So remove the pointer "B" has no effect on the pointer "C".
Then you can remove the branch "B" without removing the branch "C".
But changes made in branch "B" after creating the branch "C" will be lost.
An simple example :
mkdir testBranchGit
cd testBranchGit
git init
touch 01.md
git add 01.md
git commit -m "01.md"
git checkout -b branchB
touch 02.md
git add 02.md
git commit -m "02.md"
git checkout -b branchC branchB
touch 03.md
git add 03.md
git commit -m "03.md"
git branch -d branchB
ls
git branch --list
git log
answered Jan 3 at 14:48
Florian CallewaertFlorian Callewaert
814
answered Jan 3 at 14:48
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814
answered Jan 3 at 14:48
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answered Jan 3 at 14:48
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