README.md

gitkatas

Setup

1. Run source setup.sh (or .\setup.ps1 in PowerShell)

Kata 5: Commit on wrong branch

This kata was shameless ripped off from Git Katas

You are working really hard on the master branch. Part of your work is already committed. This is when your boss comes in with an urgent request.

Since your current HEAD is not ready for prime time you backup one commit, and start a new branch named 'quickfix'. You do whatever your boss wants and commit the changes to that new branch.

That's when you realize you created a minor mess with your branches.

Currently your commits look like this

         master
           |
           v
   A <---- B
   ^ \
   |  \--- C
remote     ^
           |
        quickfix

But you want it to look like this:

         remote
           |
           v
   A <---- C <---- B
                   ^
                   |
                  HEAD

Git ahead!

Note: since the B in the current and in the target structure don't have the same parent they can't be literally the same commit.

The task

1. Use git log --oneline --graph --all to view all the branches and their commits.
2. Copy C onto master before B by rebasing quickfix on master.
3. Make a new branch (changes-including-B) off of our master so we can keep working on B.
4. Reset master back to C.
5. Delete the quickfix branch.
6. Push master. You can't do this in the training exercise.
7. You can merge the changes-including-B branch to master and delete changes-including-B or just switch to changes-including-B and work there.

Useful commands

• git log --oneline --graph --all
• git switch <branch-name>
• git rebase <branch-name>
• git branch <branch-name>
• git reset --soft HEAD~
• git branch -d <branch-name>
• git merge <branch-name>