sm parent

Show or change the parent of a branch.

Synopsis

sm parent [branch] [--set <new-parent>]

If no branch is given, operates on the current branch.

Flags

Flag	Description
--set <branch>	Reassign parent to the given branch and restack.

Examples

Print the current branch's parent:

sm parent
# feat/auth-models

Print another branch's parent:

sm parent feat/auth-handlers
# feat/auth-models

Reassign and restack:

sm parent --set feat/db-schema

What --set does

1. Updates branch.<n>.stac-man-parent to the new value.
2. Runs the restack engine to rebase the branch (and only this branch) onto the new parent's tip.
3. On conflict, pauses with a PausedError — same protocol as sm restack.

parent vs. move

	sm parent --set	sm move --onto
Reparents a single branch?	Yes	Yes
Reparents the subtree (descendants too)?	No — only the named branch is restacked	Yes — descendants ride along

Use sm parent --set when only one branch is moving; use sm move when the whole subtree should follow.

See also

• sm move — subtree reparent.
• sm children — list children of a branch.