On Thu, Jan 5, 2017 at 8:26 AM, Kyle Meyer <
ky...@kyleam.com> wrote:
> > Is there a way to create a spinoff branch containing one commit?
To clarify for other readers: I mean resetting the original
branch back one commit. The spinoff branch will likely contain
more than one commit, but it "takes" only one commit off of the
original branch.
> > I'm aware that you can use the region to select a number of commits
> > for the spinoff branch, but I haven't found a way to select just one
> > commit (HEAD). I often make a single commit on a feature branch
> > before realizing I should make a separate branch, but I couldn't get
> > spinoff to work for me here.
>
> While I use magit-branch-spinoff often, I've never made use of the
> region behavior. Looking into it a bit, it seems that the documentation
> and the actual behavior don't match. The docstring says that the
> current branch is reset to the commit selected by the endpoint, but the
> code uses commit^. If the behavior matched the docstring, you should be
> able to get the behavior you're after because the current branch would
> be reset to the last commit of the selection.
That was my interpretation of the docstring as well, I'm glad my
reading isn't at fault. I can't think of a situation where the
commit^ behavior is more desirable, but we can have a more
in-depth discussion on the issue/PR.
> I'll open an issue or PR within the next couple days to discuss this.
Thanks!