Updating flashcards when rem content changes

I have the following scenario: I have 3 multiline flashcard rems, let’s call them A,B,C with names and contents name_A, content_A, name_B, content_B, name_C, content_C respectively. I want to move rems B and C so that rem A is their parent; and I want the content of A in the flashcard to be updated to (original_content_A, B, C).

If I just move B and C to have A as a parent via Ctrl-M, this does not properly update the content of A’s flashcard. If I add two new lines under A and copy-paste the contents of B and C in those lines, this correctly updates the flashcard content for A; but the copies of B and C do not inherit the spaced repetition timeline of the originals, which means the initial study intervals are quite small (which is annoying).

Is there a way to set A as B and C’s parent that updates the contents of A’s flashcard, but does not reset the spaced repetition interval for either B or C?

Did you set B and C to be items of the card of A rather than just children? You can check from the bottom toolbar when focusing either of them or by the solid line beside them.
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You may also wish to look into using clozes instead Multiline and list worse than cloze with shift+enter for list flashcards, updates needed (if you need to keep B and C for linking, you can just disable practice on them).