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Merge versions

Blink revision: 202666
Chromium git SHA: 70aa692d68ee86d365928edd160c3575fda2b453
Chromium revision: 350323
Chrome version: 47.0.2518.0
Blink git SHA: n/a
Blink revision: n/a
Chromium revision: 350324
Chrome version: 47.0.2519.0 -- version bump came 1 day after branch

How to migrate local /src (chromium main project) branches

  • Only once to update the remote
  • git remote update (or git fetch)  
  • For each branch
  • git rebase $(git merge-base branch_name origin/master) branch_name --onto origin/master

How to migrate local /src/third_party/WebKit branches

When running gclient sync after the merge point, the previous .git directory (containing all the local branches) for blink will be saved in //src/../old_src_third_party_WebKit.git
For each local branch, run the following steps:
  • Create a patch file
  • git diff origin/master...branch_name > /tmp/old-blink.patch
And then in the new checkout, after the branch point
  • Recreate the branch
    git new-branch old-blink
  • Apply the patch
  • git apply -3 --directory third_party/WebKit/ /tmp/old-blink.patch

How to migrate blink patches from Rietveld

If you have the patch locally as a git branch, migrating that would be easier. Otherwise, follow these steps:
  1. Download the raw patch from
  2. Create a new local git branch in a post-merge checkout
    git new-branch issue123456
  3. Apply the patch
    git apply -3 --directory third_party/WebKit/ issue123456_1001.diff
  4. Add new files and commit changes
  5. Upload to a new CL

How can I avoid getting the entire Blink history when going over the merge commit

If you use git log or similar over the merge commit, use --first-parent to walk up only in the chromium history.

Cherry-picking a Blink CL to a release branch

The active releases branches will be merged (i.e. won't have a third_party/WebKit subproject) as well.
For CL that get landed after the merge day, it won't be any different than cherry-picking a chromium CL. Just follow the git-drover man page.
To cherry-pick a blink CL that was landed before the merge day:
  • Find the corresponding commit that you want to cherry-pick in the chromium master and note its SHA1 (note: it will have a different SHA1 than what reported in the 
    e.g., if you want to cherry-pick
  • git log origin/master --grep -- third_party/WebKit

    commit c614d6deae3c6e4cc0bfbb60bb15a17305b418b7
    Author: ....
  • Follow the git-drover documentation using SHA1 above when doing git cherry-pick -x 

Creating a checkout using fetch blink does no longer work

Use fetch chromium instead.

Converting revision range links from SVN to git

See this document for instructions.

Bisecting across the merge point

  • Bisect scripts (src/tools/ and bots should Just Work TM. File a bug if that is not the case.
  • Doing a git bisect on a revision range that includes the merge point requires a little trick. (See [chromium-dev] Merge of Chromium and Blink repositories - git bisect is broken? for context and details)
  • The trick consists in convincing git that the merge commit (b59b6df51) did NOT pull in the blink history (70aa692d6) using grafts
  • git replace --graft b59b6df51 70aa692d6

    # Do the git bisect as usual
    git bisect start GOOD_SHA1 BAD_SHA1 

    # Remove the grafts at the end
    $ git replace -d b59b6df51