How do I create a new branch as the parent of the current branch?

gt create --insert

creates a new branch as a child of the current branch, but I want it to be inserted as a parent. Any ideas?

Hi Philip - try using

--onto

with the current branch’s parent:

gt create new-parent-branch --onto <current-parent> --insert

You can check the current parent with

gt log

. So if your stack is

main <- current-branch

, you’d run:

gt create new-parent-branch --onto main --insert

Aha, that's exactly what I was looking for. I'm still on 1.7.20 though, that's why I hadn't seen that option. Guess it's time to upgrade.

Happy to help!