diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e875c590545588..b5f025a296e0c7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
 /git-remote-ext
 /git-repack
 /git-replace
+/git-replay
 /git-request-pull
 /git-rerere
 /git-reset
diff --git a/Documentation/git-replay.txt b/Documentation/git-replay.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3e06ab2f5ed865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/git-replay.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+git-replay(1)
+=============
+
+NAME
+----
+git-replay - Replay commits on a different base, without touching working tree
+
+
+SYNOPSIS
+--------
+[verse]
+'git replay' [--contained] (--onto <newbase> | --advance <branch>) <revision-range>...
+
+DESCRIPTION
+-----------
+
+Takes a range of commits, and replays them onto a new location.  Does
+not touch the working tree or index, and does not update any
+references.  However, the output of this command is meant to be used
+as input to `git update-ref --stdin`, which would update the relevant
+branches.
+
+THIS COMMAND IS EXPERIMENTAL. THE BEHAVIOR MAY CHANGE.
+
+OPTIONS
+-------
+
+--onto <newbase>::
+	Starting point at which to create the new commits.  May be any
+	valid commit, and not just an existing branch name.
++
+When `--onto` is specified, the update-ref command(s) in the output will
+update the branch(es) in the revision range to point at the new
+commits (in other words, this mimics a rebase operation).
+
+--advance <branch>::
+	Starting point at which to create the new commits; must be a
+	branch name.
++
+When `--advance` is specified, the update-ref command(s) in the output
+will update the branch passed as an argument to `--advance` to point at
+the new commits (in other words, this mimics a cherry-pick operation).
+
+<revision-range>::
+	Range of commits to replay; see "Specifying Ranges" in
+	linkgit:git-rev-parse.
+
+OUTPUT
+------
+
+When there are no conflicts, the output of this command is usable as
+input to `git update-ref --stdin`.  It is basically of the form:
+
+	update refs/heads/branch1 ${NEW_branch1_HASH} ${OLD_branch1_HASH}
+	update refs/heads/branch2 ${NEW_branch2_HASH} ${OLD_branch2_HASH}
+	update refs/heads/branch3 ${NEW_branch3_HASH} ${OLD_branch3_HASH}
+
+where the number of refs updated depend on the arguments passed.  When
+using `--advance`, the number of refs updated is always one, but for
+`--onto`, it can be one or more (rebasing multiple branches
+simultaneously is supported).
+
+EXIT STATUS
+-----------
+
+For a successful, non-conflicted replay, the exit status is 0.  When
+the replay has conflicts, the exit status is 1.  If the replay is not
+able to complete (or start) due to some kind of error, the exit status
+is something other than 0 or 1.
+
+EXAMPLES
+--------
+
+To simply rebase mybranch onto target:
+
+------------
+$ git replay --onto target origin/main..mybranch
+update refs/heads/mybranch ${NEW_mybranch_HASH} ${OLD_mybranch_HASH}
+------------
+
+To cherry-pick the commits from mybranch onto target:
+
+------------
+$ git replay --advance target origin/main..mybranch
+update refs/heads/target ${NEW_target_HASH} ${OLD_target_HASH}
+------------
+
+Note that the first two examples replay the exact same commits and on
+top of the exact same new base, they only differ in that the first
+provides instructions to make mybranch point at the new commits and
+the second provides instructions to make target point at them.
+
+What if you have a stack of branches, one depending upon another, and
+you'd really like to rebase the whole set?
+
+------------
+$ git replay --contained --onto origin/main origin/main..tipbranch
+update refs/heads/branch1 ${NEW_branch1_HASH} ${OLD_branch1_HASH}
+update refs/heads/branch2 ${NEW_branch2_HASH} ${OLD_branch2_HASH}
+update refs/heads/tipbranch ${NEW_tipbranch_HASH} ${OLD_tipbranch_HASH}
+------------
+
+In contrast, trying to do this with rebase would require 3 separate
+rebases, eacho of which involves a different <ONTO> and <UPSTREAM> and
+forces you to first check out each branch in turn.
+
+When calling `git replay`, one does not need to specify a range of
+commits to replay using the syntax `A..B`; any range expression will
+do:
+
+------------
+$ git replay --onto origin/main ^base branch1 branch2 branch3
+update refs/heads/branch1 ${NEW_branch1_HASH} ${OLD_branch1_HASH}
+update refs/heads/branch2 ${NEW_branch2_HASH} ${OLD_branch2_HASH}
+update refs/heads/branch3 ${NEW_branch3_HASH} ${OLD_branch3_HASH}
+------------
+
+This will simultaneously rebase branch1, branch2, and branch3 -- all
+commits they have since base, playing them on top of origin/main.
+These three branches may have commits on top of base that they have in
+common, but that does not need to be the case.
+
+GIT
+---
+Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 43c295675aa7bd..b26fa28c9405ea 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -801,7 +801,6 @@ TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-dump-split-index.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-dump-untracked-cache.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-env-helper.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-example-decorate.o
-TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-fast-rebase.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-fsmonitor-client.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-genrandom.o
 TEST_BUILTINS_OBJS += test-genzeros.o
@@ -1289,6 +1288,7 @@ BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/remote-fd.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/remote.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/repack.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/replace.o
+BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/replay.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/rerere.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/reset.o
 BUILTIN_OBJS += builtin/rev-list.o
diff --git a/builtin.h b/builtin.h
index d560baa6618ac9..28280636da8f52 100644
--- a/builtin.h
+++ b/builtin.h
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ int cmd_remote(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_remote_ext(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_remote_fd(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_repack(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
+int cmd_replay(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_rerere(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_reset(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
 int cmd_restore(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix);
diff --git a/builtin/replay.c b/builtin/replay.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..62dd1f7fff18eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/replay.c
@@ -0,0 +1,433 @@
+/*
+ * "git replay" builtin command
+ */
+
+#define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
+#include "git-compat-util.h"
+
+#include "builtin.h"
+#include "environment.h"
+#include "hex.h"
+#include "lockfile.h"
+#include "merge-ort.h"
+#include "object-name.h"
+#include "parse-options.h"
+#include "refs.h"
+#include "revision.h"
+#include "strmap.h"
+#include <oidset.h>
+#include <tree.h>
+
+static const char *short_commit_name(struct commit *commit)
+{
+	return repo_find_unique_abbrev(the_repository, &commit->object.oid,
+				       DEFAULT_ABBREV);
+}
+
+static struct commit *peel_committish(const char *name)
+{
+	struct object *obj;
+	struct object_id oid;
+
+	if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, name, &oid))
+		return NULL;
+	obj = parse_object(the_repository, &oid);
+	return (struct commit *)repo_peel_to_type(the_repository, name, 0, obj,
+						  OBJ_COMMIT);
+}
+
+static char *get_author(const char *message)
+{
+	size_t len;
+	const char *a;
+
+	a = find_commit_header(message, "author", &len);
+	if (a)
+		return xmemdupz(a, len);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static struct commit *create_commit(struct tree *tree,
+				    struct commit *based_on,
+				    struct commit *parent)
+{
+	struct object_id ret;
+	struct object *obj;
+	struct commit_list *parents = NULL;
+	char *author;
+	char *sign_commit = NULL; /* FIXME: cli users might want to sign again */
+	struct commit_extra_header *extra;
+	struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
+	const char *out_enc = get_commit_output_encoding();
+	const char *message = repo_logmsg_reencode(the_repository, based_on,
+						   NULL, out_enc);
+	const char *orig_message = NULL;
+	const char *exclude_gpgsig[] = { "gpgsig", NULL };
+
+	commit_list_insert(parent, &parents);
+	extra = read_commit_extra_headers(based_on, exclude_gpgsig);
+	find_commit_subject(message, &orig_message);
+	strbuf_addstr(&msg, orig_message);
+	author = get_author(message);
+	reset_ident_date();
+	if (commit_tree_extended(msg.buf, msg.len, &tree->object.oid, parents,
+				 &ret, author, NULL, sign_commit, extra)) {
+		error(_("failed to write commit object"));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	free(author);
+	strbuf_release(&msg);
+
+	obj = parse_object(the_repository, &ret);
+	return (struct commit *)obj;
+}
+
+struct ref_info {
+	struct commit *onto;
+	struct strset positive_refs;
+	struct strset negative_refs;
+	int positive_refexprs;
+	int negative_refexprs;
+};
+
+static void get_ref_information(struct rev_cmdline_info *cmd_info,
+				struct ref_info *ref_info)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	ref_info->onto = NULL;
+	strset_init(&ref_info->positive_refs);
+	strset_init(&ref_info->negative_refs);
+	ref_info->positive_refexprs = 0;
+	ref_info->negative_refexprs = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * When the user specifies e.g.
+	 *   git replay origin/main..mybranch
+	 *   git replay ^origin/next mybranch1 mybranch2
+	 * we want to be able to determine where to replay the commits.  In
+	 * these examples, the branches are probably based on an old version
+	 * of either origin/main or origin/next, so we want to replay on the
+	 * newest version of that branch.  In contrast we would want to error
+	 * out if they ran
+	 *   git replay ^origin/master ^origin/next mybranch
+	 *   git replay mybranch~2..mybranch
+	 * the first of those because there's no unique base to choose, and
+	 * the second because they'd likely just be replaying commits on top
+	 * of the same commit and not making any difference.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < cmd_info->nr; i++) {
+		struct rev_cmdline_entry *e = cmd_info->rev + i;
+		struct object_id oid;
+		const char *refexpr = e->name;
+		char *fullname = NULL;
+		int can_uniquely_dwim = 1;
+
+		if (*refexpr == '^')
+			refexpr++;
+		if (repo_dwim_ref(the_repository, refexpr, strlen(refexpr), &oid, &fullname, 0) != 1)
+			can_uniquely_dwim = 0;
+
+		if (e->flags & BOTTOM) {
+			if (can_uniquely_dwim)
+				strset_add(&ref_info->negative_refs, fullname);
+			if (!ref_info->negative_refexprs)
+				ref_info->onto = lookup_commit_reference_gently(the_repository,
+										&e->item->oid, 1);
+			ref_info->negative_refexprs++;
+		} else {
+			if (can_uniquely_dwim)
+				strset_add(&ref_info->positive_refs, fullname);
+			ref_info->positive_refexprs++;
+		}
+
+		free(fullname);
+	}
+}
+
+static void determine_replay_mode(struct rev_cmdline_info *cmd_info,
+				  const char *onto_name,
+				  const char **advance_name,
+				  struct commit **onto,
+				  struct strset **update_refs)
+{
+	struct ref_info rinfo;
+
+	get_ref_information(cmd_info, &rinfo);
+	if (!rinfo.positive_refexprs)
+		die(_("need some commits to replay"));
+	if (onto_name && *advance_name)
+		die(_("--onto and --advance are incompatible"));
+	else if (onto_name) {
+		*onto = peel_committish(onto_name);
+		if (rinfo.positive_refexprs <
+		    strset_get_size(&rinfo.positive_refs))
+			die(_("all positive revisions given must be references"));
+	} else if (*advance_name) {
+		struct object_id oid;
+		char *fullname = NULL;
+
+		*onto = peel_committish(*advance_name);
+		if (repo_dwim_ref(the_repository, *advance_name, strlen(*advance_name),
+			     &oid, &fullname, 0) == 1) {
+			*advance_name = fullname;
+		} else {
+			die(_("argument to --advance must be a reference"));
+		}
+		if (rinfo.positive_refexprs > 1)
+			die(_("cannot advance target with multiple source branches because ordering would be ill-defined"));
+	} else {
+		int positive_refs_complete = (
+			rinfo.positive_refexprs ==
+			strset_get_size(&rinfo.positive_refs));
+		int negative_refs_complete = (
+			rinfo.negative_refexprs ==
+			strset_get_size(&rinfo.negative_refs));
+		/*
+		 * We need either positive_refs_complete or
+		 * negative_refs_complete, but not both.
+		 */
+		if (rinfo.negative_refexprs > 0 &&
+		    positive_refs_complete == negative_refs_complete)
+			die(_("cannot implicitly determine whether this is an --advance or --onto operation"));
+		if (negative_refs_complete) {
+			struct hashmap_iter iter;
+			struct strmap_entry *entry;
+
+			if (rinfo.negative_refexprs == 0)
+				die(_("all positive revisions given must be references"));
+			else if (rinfo.negative_refexprs > 1)
+				die(_("cannot implicitly determine whether this is an --advance or --onto operation"));
+			else if (rinfo.positive_refexprs > 1)
+				die(_("cannot advance target with multiple source branches because ordering would be ill-defined"));
+
+			/* Only one entry, but we have to loop to get it */
+			strset_for_each_entry(&rinfo.negative_refs,
+					      &iter, entry) {
+				*advance_name = entry->key;
+			}
+		} else { /* positive_refs_complete */
+			if (rinfo.negative_refexprs > 1)
+				die(_("cannot implicitly determine correct base for --onto"));
+			if (rinfo.negative_refexprs == 1)
+				*onto = rinfo.onto;
+		}
+	}
+	if (!*advance_name) {
+		*update_refs = xcalloc(1, sizeof(**update_refs));
+		**update_refs = rinfo.positive_refs;
+		memset(&rinfo.positive_refs, 0, sizeof(**update_refs));
+	}
+	strset_clear(&rinfo.negative_refs);
+	strset_clear(&rinfo.positive_refs);
+}
+
+static struct commit *mapped_commit(kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits,
+				    struct commit *commit,
+				    struct commit *fallback)
+{
+	khint_t pos = kh_get_oid_map(replayed_commits, commit->object.oid);
+	if (pos == kh_end(replayed_commits))
+		return fallback;
+	return kh_value(replayed_commits, pos);
+}
+
+static struct commit *pick_regular_commit(struct commit *pickme,
+					  kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits,
+					  struct commit *onto,
+					  struct merge_options *merge_opt,
+					  struct merge_result *result)
+{
+	struct commit *base, *replayed_base;
+	struct tree *pickme_tree, *base_tree;
+
+	base = pickme->parents->item;
+	replayed_base = mapped_commit(replayed_commits, base, onto);
+
+	result->tree = repo_get_commit_tree(the_repository, replayed_base);
+	pickme_tree = repo_get_commit_tree(the_repository, pickme);
+	base_tree = repo_get_commit_tree(the_repository, base);
+
+	merge_opt->branch1 = short_commit_name(replayed_base);
+	merge_opt->branch2 = short_commit_name(pickme);
+	merge_opt->ancestor = xstrfmt("parent of %s", merge_opt->branch2);
+
+	merge_incore_nonrecursive(merge_opt,
+				  base_tree,
+				  result->tree,
+				  pickme_tree,
+				  result);
+
+	free((char*)merge_opt->ancestor);
+	merge_opt->ancestor = NULL;
+	if (!result->clean)
+		return NULL;
+	return create_commit(result->tree, pickme, replayed_base);
+}
+
+int cmd_replay(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
+{
+	const char *advance_name = NULL;
+	struct commit *onto = NULL;
+	const char *onto_name = NULL;
+	int contained = 0;
+
+	struct rev_info revs;
+	struct commit *last_commit = NULL;
+	struct commit *commit;
+	struct merge_options merge_opt;
+	struct merge_result result;
+	struct strset *update_refs = NULL;
+	kh_oid_map_t *replayed_commits;
+	int ret = 0, i;
+
+	const char * const replay_usage[] = {
+		N_("git replay [--contained] (--onto <newbase> | --advance <branch>) <revision-range>..."),
+		NULL
+	};
+	struct option replay_options[] = {
+		OPT_STRING(0, "advance", &advance_name,
+			   N_("branch"),
+			   N_("make replay advance given branch")),
+		OPT_STRING(0, "onto", &onto_name,
+			   N_("revision"),
+			   N_("replay onto given commit")),
+		OPT_BOOL(0, "contained", &contained,
+			 N_("advance all branches contained in revision-range")),
+		OPT_END()
+	};
+
+	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, replay_options, replay_usage,
+			     PARSE_OPT_KEEP_ARGV0 | PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN_OPT);
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO: For now, we reject any unknown or invalid option,
+	 * including revision related ones, like --not,
+	 * --first-parent, etc that would be allowed and eaten by
+	 * setup_revisions() below. In the future we should definitely
+	 * accept those that make sense and add related tests and doc
+	 * though.
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+		if (argv[i][0] == '-') {
+			error(_("invalid option: %s"), argv[i]);
+			usage_with_options(replay_usage, replay_options);
+		}
+
+	if (!onto_name && !advance_name) {
+		error(_("option --onto or --advance is mandatory"));
+		usage_with_options(replay_usage, replay_options);
+	}
+
+	if (advance_name && contained)
+		die(_("options '%s' and '%s' cannot be used together"),
+		    "--advance", "--contained");
+
+	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &revs, prefix);
+
+	argc = setup_revisions(argc, argv, &revs, NULL);
+	if (argc > 1) {
+		ret = error(_("unrecognized argument: %s"), argv[1]);
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO: For now, we reject any pathspec. (They are allowed
+	 * and eaten by setup_revisions() above.) In the future we
+	 * should definitely accept them and add related tests and doc
+	 * though.
+	 */
+	if (revs.prune_data.nr) {
+		error(_("invalid pathspec: %s"), revs.prune_data.items[0].match);
+		usage_with_options(replay_usage, replay_options);
+	}
+
+	/* requirements/overrides for revs */
+	revs.reverse = 1;
+	revs.sort_order = REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER;
+	revs.topo_order = 1;
+	revs.simplify_history = 0;
+
+	determine_replay_mode(&revs.cmdline, onto_name, &advance_name,
+			      &onto, &update_refs);
+
+	if (!onto) /* FIXME: Should handle replaying down to root commit */
+		die("Replaying down to root commit is not supported yet!");
+
+	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs) < 0) {
+		ret = error(_("error preparing revisions"));
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
+
+	init_merge_options(&merge_opt, the_repository);
+	memset(&result, 0, sizeof(result));
+	merge_opt.show_rename_progress = 0;
+	last_commit = onto;
+	replayed_commits = kh_init_oid_map();
+	while ((commit = get_revision(&revs))) {
+		const struct name_decoration *decoration;
+		khint_t pos;
+		int hr;
+
+		if (!commit->parents)
+			die(_("replaying down to root commit is not supported yet!"));
+		if (commit->parents->next)
+			die(_("replaying merge commits is not supported yet!"));
+
+		last_commit = pick_regular_commit(commit, replayed_commits, onto,
+						  &merge_opt, &result);
+		if (!last_commit)
+			break;
+
+		/* Record commit -> last_commit mapping */
+		pos = kh_put_oid_map(replayed_commits, commit->object.oid, &hr);
+		if (hr == 0)
+			BUG("Duplicate rewritten commit: %s\n",
+			    oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
+		kh_value(replayed_commits, pos) = last_commit;
+
+		/* Update any necessary branches */
+		if (advance_name)
+			continue;
+		decoration = get_name_decoration(&commit->object);
+		if (!decoration)
+			continue;
+		while (decoration) {
+			if (decoration->type == DECORATION_REF_LOCAL &&
+			    (contained || strset_contains(update_refs,
+							  decoration->name))) {
+				printf("update %s %s %s\n",
+				       decoration->name,
+				       oid_to_hex(&last_commit->object.oid),
+				       oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
+			}
+			decoration = decoration->next;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/* In --advance mode, advance the target ref */
+	if (result.clean == 1 && advance_name) {
+		printf("update %s %s %s\n",
+		       advance_name,
+		       oid_to_hex(&last_commit->object.oid),
+		       oid_to_hex(&onto->object.oid));
+	}
+
+	/* Cleanup */
+	merge_finalize(&merge_opt, &result);
+	kh_destroy_oid_map(replayed_commits);
+	if (update_refs) {
+		strset_clear(update_refs);
+		free(update_refs);
+	}
+	ret = result.clean;
+
+cleanup:
+	release_revisions(&revs);
+
+	/* Return */
+	if (ret < 0)
+		exit(128);
+	return ret ? 0 : 1;
+}
diff --git a/command-list.txt b/command-list.txt
index 54b2a50f5f1dfe..d74836ab21d913 100644
--- a/command-list.txt
+++ b/command-list.txt
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ git-reflog                              ancillarymanipulators           complete
 git-remote                              ancillarymanipulators           complete
 git-repack                              ancillarymanipulators           complete
 git-replace                             ancillarymanipulators           complete
+git-replay                              mainporcelain           history
 git-request-pull                        foreignscminterface             complete
 git-rerere                              ancillaryinterrogators
 git-reset                               mainporcelain           history
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index c67e44dd82d2e4..7068a184b0a294 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ static struct cmd_struct commands[] = {
 	{ "remote-fd", cmd_remote_fd, NO_PARSEOPT },
 	{ "repack", cmd_repack, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "replace", cmd_replace, RUN_SETUP },
+	{ "replay", cmd_replay, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "rerere", cmd_rerere, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "reset", cmd_reset, RUN_SETUP },
 	{ "restore", cmd_restore, RUN_SETUP | NEED_WORK_TREE },
diff --git a/t/helper/test-fast-rebase.c b/t/helper/test-fast-rebase.c
deleted file mode 100644
index cac20a72b3fcb5..00000000000000
--- a/t/helper/test-fast-rebase.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,241 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * "git fast-rebase" builtin command
- *
- * FAST: Forking Any Subprocesses (is) Taboo
- *
- * This is meant SOLELY as a demo of what is possible.  sequencer.c and
- * rebase.c should be refactored to use the ideas here, rather than attempting
- * to extend this file to replace those (unless Phillip or Dscho say that
- * refactoring is too hard and we need a clean slate, but I'm guessing that
- * refactoring is the better route).
- */
-
-#define USE_THE_INDEX_VARIABLE
-#include "test-tool.h"
-#include "cache-tree.h"
-#include "commit.h"
-#include "environment.h"
-#include "gettext.h"
-#include "hash.h"
-#include "hex.h"
-#include "lockfile.h"
-#include "merge-ort.h"
-#include "object-name.h"
-#include "read-cache-ll.h"
-#include "refs.h"
-#include "revision.h"
-#include "sequencer.h"
-#include "setup.h"
-#include "strvec.h"
-#include "tree.h"
-
-static const char *short_commit_name(struct commit *commit)
-{
-	return repo_find_unique_abbrev(the_repository, &commit->object.oid,
-				       DEFAULT_ABBREV);
-}
-
-static struct commit *peel_committish(const char *name)
-{
-	struct object *obj;
-	struct object_id oid;
-
-	if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, name, &oid))
-		return NULL;
-	obj = parse_object(the_repository, &oid);
-	return (struct commit *)repo_peel_to_type(the_repository, name, 0, obj,
-						  OBJ_COMMIT);
-}
-
-static char *get_author(const char *message)
-{
-	size_t len;
-	const char *a;
-
-	a = find_commit_header(message, "author", &len);
-	if (a)
-		return xmemdupz(a, len);
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
-static struct commit *create_commit(struct tree *tree,
-				    struct commit *based_on,
-				    struct commit *parent)
-{
-	struct object_id ret;
-	struct object *obj;
-	struct commit_list *parents = NULL;
-	char *author;
-	char *sign_commit = NULL;
-	struct commit_extra_header *extra;
-	struct strbuf msg = STRBUF_INIT;
-	const char *out_enc = get_commit_output_encoding();
-	const char *message = repo_logmsg_reencode(the_repository, based_on,
-						   NULL, out_enc);
-	const char *orig_message = NULL;
-	const char *exclude_gpgsig[] = { "gpgsig", NULL };
-
-	commit_list_insert(parent, &parents);
-	extra = read_commit_extra_headers(based_on, exclude_gpgsig);
-	find_commit_subject(message, &orig_message);
-	strbuf_addstr(&msg, orig_message);
-	author = get_author(message);
-	reset_ident_date();
-	if (commit_tree_extended(msg.buf, msg.len, &tree->object.oid, parents,
-				 &ret, author, NULL, sign_commit, extra)) {
-		error(_("failed to write commit object"));
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	free(author);
-	strbuf_release(&msg);
-
-	obj = parse_object(the_repository, &ret);
-	return (struct commit *)obj;
-}
-
-int cmd__fast_rebase(int argc, const char **argv)
-{
-	struct commit *onto;
-	struct commit *last_commit = NULL, *last_picked_commit = NULL;
-	struct object_id head;
-	struct lock_file lock = LOCK_INIT;
-	struct strvec rev_walk_args = STRVEC_INIT;
-	struct rev_info revs;
-	struct commit *commit;
-	struct merge_options merge_opt;
-	struct tree *next_tree, *base_tree, *head_tree;
-	struct merge_result result;
-	struct strbuf reflog_msg = STRBUF_INIT;
-	struct strbuf branch_name = STRBUF_INIT;
-	int ret = 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * test-tool stuff doesn't set up the git directory by default; need to
-	 * do that manually.
-	 */
-	setup_git_directory();
-
-	if (argc == 2 && !strcmp(argv[1], "-h")) {
-		printf("Sorry, I am not a psychiatrist; I can not give you the help you need.  Oh, you meant usage...\n");
-		exit(129);
-	}
-
-	if (argc != 5 || strcmp(argv[1], "--onto"))
-		die("usage: read the code, figure out how to use it, then do so");
-
-	onto = peel_committish(argv[2]);
-	strbuf_addf(&branch_name, "refs/heads/%s", argv[4]);
-
-	/* Sanity check */
-	if (repo_get_oid(the_repository, "HEAD", &head))
-		die(_("Cannot read HEAD"));
-	assert(oideq(&onto->object.oid, &head));
-
-	repo_hold_locked_index(the_repository, &lock, LOCK_DIE_ON_ERROR);
-	if (repo_read_index(the_repository) < 0)
-		BUG("Could not read index");
-
-	repo_init_revisions(the_repository, &revs, NULL);
-	revs.verbose_header = 1;
-	revs.max_parents = 1;
-	revs.cherry_mark = 1;
-	revs.limited = 1;
-	revs.reverse = 1;
-	revs.right_only = 1;
-	revs.sort_order = REV_SORT_IN_GRAPH_ORDER;
-	revs.topo_order = 1;
-	strvec_pushl(&rev_walk_args, "", argv[4], "--not", argv[3], NULL);
-
-	if (setup_revisions(rev_walk_args.nr, rev_walk_args.v, &revs, NULL) > 1) {
-		ret = error(_("unhandled options"));
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
-	strvec_clear(&rev_walk_args);
-
-	if (prepare_revision_walk(&revs) < 0) {
-		ret = error(_("error preparing revisions"));
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
-	init_merge_options(&merge_opt, the_repository);
-	memset(&result, 0, sizeof(result));
-	merge_opt.show_rename_progress = 1;
-	merge_opt.branch1 = "HEAD";
-	head_tree = repo_get_commit_tree(the_repository, onto);
-	result.tree = head_tree;
-	last_commit = onto;
-	while ((commit = get_revision(&revs))) {
-		struct commit *base;
-
-		fprintf(stderr, "Rebasing %s...\r",
-			oid_to_hex(&commit->object.oid));
-		assert(commit->parents && !commit->parents->next);
-		base = commit->parents->item;
-
-		next_tree = repo_get_commit_tree(the_repository, commit);
-		base_tree = repo_get_commit_tree(the_repository, base);
-
-		merge_opt.branch2 = short_commit_name(commit);
-		merge_opt.ancestor = xstrfmt("parent of %s", merge_opt.branch2);
-
-		merge_incore_nonrecursive(&merge_opt,
-					  base_tree,
-					  result.tree,
-					  next_tree,
-					  &result);
-
-		free((char*)merge_opt.ancestor);
-		merge_opt.ancestor = NULL;
-		if (!result.clean)
-			break;
-		last_picked_commit = commit;
-		last_commit = create_commit(result.tree, commit, last_commit);
-	}
-
-	merge_switch_to_result(&merge_opt, head_tree, &result, 1, !result.clean);
-
-	if (result.clean < 0)
-		exit(128);
-
-	if (result.clean) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nDone.\n");
-		strbuf_addf(&reflog_msg, "finish rebase %s onto %s",
-			    oid_to_hex(&last_picked_commit->object.oid),
-			    oid_to_hex(&last_commit->object.oid));
-		if (update_ref(reflog_msg.buf, branch_name.buf,
-			       &last_commit->object.oid,
-			       &last_picked_commit->object.oid,
-			       REF_NO_DEREF, UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR)) {
-			error(_("could not update %s"), argv[4]);
-			die("Failed to update %s", argv[4]);
-		}
-		if (create_symref("HEAD", branch_name.buf, reflog_msg.buf) < 0)
-			die(_("unable to update HEAD"));
-
-		prime_cache_tree(the_repository, the_repository->index,
-				 result.tree);
-	} else {
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nAborting: Hit a conflict.\n");
-		strbuf_addf(&reflog_msg, "rebase progress up to %s",
-			    oid_to_hex(&last_picked_commit->object.oid));
-		if (update_ref(reflog_msg.buf, "HEAD",
-			       &last_commit->object.oid,
-			       &head,
-			       REF_NO_DEREF, UPDATE_REFS_MSG_ON_ERR)) {
-			error(_("could not update %s"), argv[4]);
-			die("Failed to update %s", argv[4]);
-		}
-	}
-	if (write_locked_index(&the_index, &lock,
-			       COMMIT_LOCK | SKIP_IF_UNCHANGED))
-		die(_("unable to write %s"), get_index_file());
-
-	ret = (result.clean == 0);
-cleanup:
-	strbuf_release(&reflog_msg);
-	strbuf_release(&branch_name);
-	release_revisions(&revs);
-	return ret;
-}
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.c b/t/helper/test-tool.c
index abe8a785eb6510..9ca1586de7b397 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.c
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ static struct test_cmd cmds[] = {
 	{ "dump-untracked-cache", cmd__dump_untracked_cache },
 	{ "env-helper", cmd__env_helper },
 	{ "example-decorate", cmd__example_decorate },
-	{ "fast-rebase", cmd__fast_rebase },
 	{ "fsmonitor-client", cmd__fsmonitor_client },
 	{ "genrandom", cmd__genrandom },
 	{ "genzeros", cmd__genzeros },
diff --git a/t/helper/test-tool.h b/t/helper/test-tool.h
index ea2672436c9ab5..a03bbfc6b2e265 100644
--- a/t/helper/test-tool.h
+++ b/t/helper/test-tool.h
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ int cmd__dump_untracked_cache(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__dump_reftable(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__env_helper(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__example_decorate(int argc, const char **argv);
-int cmd__fast_rebase(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__fsmonitor_client(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__genrandom(int argc, const char **argv);
 int cmd__genzeros(int argc, const char **argv);
diff --git a/t/t3650-replay-basics.sh b/t/t3650-replay-basics.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..5aafad448fb790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t3650-replay-basics.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='basic git replay tests'
+
+GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME=main
+export GIT_TEST_DEFAULT_INITIAL_BRANCH_NAME
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+
+GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=author@name
+GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=bogus@email@address
+export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	test_commit A &&
+	test_commit B &&
+
+	git switch -c topic1 &&
+	test_commit C &&
+	git switch -c topic2 &&
+	test_commit D &&
+	test_commit E &&
+	git switch topic1 &&
+	test_commit F &&
+	git switch -c topic3 &&
+	test_commit G &&
+	test_commit H &&
+	git switch -c topic4 main &&
+	test_commit I &&
+	test_commit J &&
+
+	git switch -c next main &&
+	test_commit K &&
+	git merge -m "Merge topic1" topic1 &&
+	git merge -m "Merge topic2" topic2 &&
+	git merge -m "Merge topic3" topic3 &&
+	>evil &&
+	git add evil &&
+	git commit --amend &&
+	git merge -m "Merge topic4" topic4 &&
+
+	git switch main &&
+	test_commit L &&
+	test_commit M &&
+
+	git switch -c conflict B &&
+	test_commit C.conflict C.t conflict
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'setup bare' '
+	git clone --bare . bare
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay to rebase two branches, one on top of other' '
+	git replay --onto main topic1..topic2 >result &&
+
+	test_line_count = 1 result &&
+
+	git log --format=%s $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >actual &&
+	test_write_lines E D M L B A >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	printf "update refs/heads/topic2 " >expect &&
+	printf "%s " $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >>expect &&
+	git rev-parse topic2 >>expect &&
+
+	test_cmp expect result
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay on bare repo to rebase two branches, one on top of other' '
+	git -C bare replay --onto main topic1..topic2 >result-bare &&
+	test_cmp expect result-bare
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay to rebase with a conflict' '
+	test_expect_code 1 git replay --onto topic1 B..conflict
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay on bare repo to rebase with a conflict' '
+	test_expect_code 1 git -C bare replay --onto topic1 B..conflict
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay with (for now) disallowed revision specific option --not' '
+	test_must_fail git replay --onto main topic2 --not topic1
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay on bare repo with (for now) disallowed revision specific option --first-parent' '
+	test_must_fail git -C bare replay --onto main --first-parent topic1..topic2
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay with disallowed pathspec' '
+	test_must_fail git replay --onto main topic1..topic2 A.t
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay on bare repo with disallowed pathspec' '
+	test_must_fail git -C bare replay --onto main topic1..topic2 -- A.t
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay to perform basic cherry-pick' '
+	# The differences between this test and previous ones are:
+	#   --advance vs --onto
+	# 2nd field of result is refs/heads/main vs. refs/heads/topic2
+	# 4th field of result is hash for main instead of hash for topic2
+
+	git replay --advance main topic1..topic2 >result &&
+
+	test_line_count = 1 result &&
+
+	git log --format=%s $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >actual &&
+	test_write_lines E D M L B A >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	printf "update refs/heads/main " >expect &&
+	printf "%s " $(cut -f 3 -d " " result) >>expect &&
+	git rev-parse main >>expect &&
+
+	test_cmp expect result
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay on bare repo to perform basic cherry-pick' '
+	git -C bare replay --advance main topic1..topic2 >result-bare &&
+	test_cmp expect result-bare
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay to also rebase a contained branch' '
+	git replay --contained --onto main main..topic3 >result &&
+
+	test_line_count = 2 result &&
+	cut -f 3 -d " " result >new-branch-tips &&
+
+	git log --format=%s $(head -n 1 new-branch-tips) >actual &&
+	test_write_lines F C M L B A >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	git log --format=%s $(tail -n 1 new-branch-tips) >actual &&
+	test_write_lines H G F C M L B A >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	printf "update refs/heads/topic1 " >expect &&
+	printf "%s " $(head -n 1 new-branch-tips) >>expect &&
+	git rev-parse topic1 >>expect &&
+	printf "update refs/heads/topic3 " >>expect &&
+	printf "%s " $(tail -n 1 new-branch-tips) >>expect &&
+	git rev-parse topic3 >>expect &&
+
+	test_cmp expect result
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay on bare repo to also rebase a contained branch' '
+	git -C bare replay --contained --onto main main..topic3 >result-bare &&
+	test_cmp expect result-bare
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay to rebase multiple divergent branches' '
+	git replay --onto main ^topic1 topic2 topic4 >result &&
+
+	test_line_count = 2 result &&
+	cut -f 3 -d " " result >new-branch-tips &&
+
+	git log --format=%s $(head -n 1 new-branch-tips) >actual &&
+	test_write_lines E D M L B A >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	git log --format=%s $(tail -n 1 new-branch-tips) >actual &&
+	test_write_lines J I M L B A >expect &&
+	test_cmp expect actual &&
+
+	printf "update refs/heads/topic2 " >expect &&
+	printf "%s " $(head -n 1 new-branch-tips) >>expect &&
+	git rev-parse topic2 >>expect &&
+	printf "update refs/heads/topic4 " >>expect &&
+	printf "%s " $(tail -n 1 new-branch-tips) >>expect &&
+	git rev-parse topic4 >>expect &&
+
+	test_cmp expect result
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'using replay on bare repo to rebase multiple divergent branches, including contained ones' '
+	git -C bare replay --contained --onto main ^main topic2 topic3 topic4 >result &&
+
+	test_line_count = 4 result &&
+	cut -f 3 -d " " result >new-branch-tips &&
+
+	>expect &&
+	for i in 2 1 3 4
+	do
+		printf "update refs/heads/topic$i " >>expect &&
+		printf "%s " $(grep topic$i result | cut -f 3 -d " ") >>expect &&
+		git -C bare rev-parse topic$i >>expect || return 1
+	done &&
+
+	test_cmp expect result &&
+
+	test_write_lines F C M L B A >expect1 &&
+	test_write_lines E D C M L B A >expect2 &&
+	test_write_lines H G F C M L B A >expect3 &&
+	test_write_lines J I M L B A >expect4 &&
+
+	for i in 1 2 3 4
+	do
+		git -C bare log --format=%s $(grep topic$i result | cut -f 3 -d " ") >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect$i actual || return 1
+	done
+'
+
+test_done
diff --git a/t/t6429-merge-sequence-rename-caching.sh b/t/t6429-merge-sequence-rename-caching.sh
index d02fa16614e062..0f39ed0d08a342 100755
--- a/t/t6429-merge-sequence-rename-caching.sh
+++ b/t/t6429-merge-sequence-rename-caching.sh
@@ -71,8 +71,9 @@ test_expect_success 'caching renames does not preclude finding new ones' '
 
 		git switch upstream &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream~1..topic
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		git ls-files >tracked-files &&
 		test_line_count = 2 tracked-files &&
@@ -140,8 +141,9 @@ test_expect_success 'cherry-pick both a commit and its immediate revert' '
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream~1..topic &&
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		grep region_enter.*diffcore_rename trace.output >calls &&
 		test_line_count = 1 calls
@@ -199,8 +201,9 @@ test_expect_success 'rename same file identically, then reintroduce it' '
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream~1..topic &&
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		git ls-files >tracked &&
 		test_line_count = 2 tracked &&
@@ -276,8 +279,9 @@ test_expect_success 'rename same file identically, then add file to old dir' '
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream~1..topic &&
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		git ls-files >tracked &&
 		test_line_count = 4 tracked &&
@@ -353,10 +357,7 @@ test_expect_success 'cached dir rename does not prevent noticing later conflict'
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test_must_fail test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic >output &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream..topic &&
-
-		grep CONFLICT..rename/rename output &&
+		test_must_fail git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >output &&
 
 		grep region_enter.*diffcore_rename trace.output >calls &&
 		test_line_count = 2 calls
@@ -455,8 +456,9 @@ test_expect_success 'dir rename unneeded, then add new file to old dir' '
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream..topic &&
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		grep region_enter.*diffcore_rename trace.output >calls &&
 		test_line_count = 2 calls &&
@@ -521,8 +523,9 @@ test_expect_success 'dir rename unneeded, then rename existing file into old dir
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream..topic &&
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		grep region_enter.*diffcore_rename trace.output >calls &&
 		test_line_count = 3 calls &&
@@ -623,8 +626,9 @@ test_expect_success 'caching renames only on upstream side, part 1' '
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream..topic &&
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		grep region_enter.*diffcore_rename trace.output >calls &&
 		test_line_count = 1 calls &&
@@ -681,8 +685,9 @@ test_expect_success 'caching renames only on upstream side, part 2' '
 		GIT_TRACE2_PERF="$(pwd)/trace.output" &&
 		export GIT_TRACE2_PERF &&
 
-		test-tool fast-rebase --onto HEAD upstream~1 topic &&
-		#git cherry-pick upstream..topic &&
+		git replay --onto HEAD upstream~1..topic >out &&
+		git update-ref --stdin <out &&
+		git checkout topic &&
 
 		grep region_enter.*diffcore_rename trace.output >calls &&
 		test_line_count = 2 calls &&