[PATCHv3 1/2] git-rebase.txt: "--onto" option updated

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LKLucien Kong <lucien.kong@ensimag.imag.fr>

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Jun 8, 2012, 14:53 UTC

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Signed-off-by: Lucien Kong <Lucien.Kong@ensimag.imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Valentin Duperray <Valentin.Duperray@ensimag.imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Franck Jonas <Franck.Jonas@ensimag.imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Nguy <Thomas.Nguy@ensimag.imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Huynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen <Huynh-Khoi-Nguyen.Nguyen@ensimag.imag.fr>
Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
---
 Documentation/git-rebase.txt |   12 +++++++-----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 147fa1a..d2a510c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -210,11 +210,13 @@ rebase.autosquash::
 
 OPTIONS
 -------
-<newbase>::
-	Starting point at which to create the new commits. If the
-	--onto option is not specified, the starting point is
-	<upstream>.  May be any valid commit, and not just an
-	existing branch name.
+--onto <newbase>::
+	With this option, git rebase takes all commits from <branch>,
+	that are not in <upstream>, and transplants them on top of
+	<newbase>. <newbase is the starting point at which to create
+	the new commits. If the --onto option is not specified, the
+	starting point is <upstream>.  May be any valid commit, and
+	not just an existing branch name.
 +
 As a special case, you may use "A\...B" as a shortcut for the
 merge base of A and B if there is exactly one merge base. You can

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