26 Jul
2008
26 Jul
'08
4:32 p.m.
in git a branch is only the reference to its head. when you refer to an older commit, then git does not care which branch that comes from, all it will do is check if the commit you are trying to merge is already part of the branch. as such merging from an older version of the branch is a noop (everything is already merged, so what do you want to do?)
does your question relate to renaming?
greetings, martin.