bguiz/a-way-to-edit-a-different-git-branch.md

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    Why


You want to do a minor edit to files on another branch
The copy of the git repo that you have locally is in a state
that is too much effort to clean up/ revert/ stash etc to bother

How


simply clone the repo in a different folder
but this clone is minimal, so it's much faster

only clone the branch you are interested in
only clone the latest 2 commits


commit and push


## terminal.sh
git clone -b ${GIT_BRANCH} --single-branch --depth=2 ${GIT_REMOTE} ${FOLDER_TO_CLONE_INTO}
cd  ${FOLDER_TO_CLONE_INTO}
git log # verify that you're at the right starting point
# edit relevant files
git add -p
# Either:
git commit --amend
git push origin ${GIT_BRANCH} --force
# Or:
git commit
git push origin ${GIT_BRANCH}
	git clone -b ${GIT_BRANCH} --single-branch --depth=2 ${GIT_REMOTE} ${FOLDER_TO_CLONE_INTO}
	cd ${FOLDER_TO_CLONE_INTO}
	git log # verify that you're at the right starting point
	# edit relevant files
	git add -p
	# Either:
	git commit --amend
	git push origin ${GIT_BRANCH} --force
	# Or:
	git commit
	git push origin ${GIT_BRANCH}