BillyNate/Manually create a Git commit (pointing to any parent you want).md

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Stage the files for commit (git add the files)
Write the tree (this only creates a tree object, returning the SHA of the new tree): git write-tree
- Optionally: examine the new tree: git ls-tree [SHA]
Create the commit: git commit-tree [SHA] -p [PARENT-SHA] -m "Commit message" (add as many seperate -p [PARENT-SHA] as you want (makes it look like a merge))
The SHA of the new commit will be given to you on succes
Finally, merge the new commit into you branch git merge [NEW-SHA]

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