From: Lucien Kong Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:53:54 GMT Subject: [PATCHv3 1/2] git-rebase.txt: "--onto" option updated Message-ID: <1339167235-2009-1-git-send-email-Lucien.Kong@ensimag.imag.fr> In-Reply-To: <1338978856-26838-1-git-send-email-Lucien.Kong@ensimag.imag.fr> The description of the option "--onto" is changed to be consistent with the format of the other options. Signed-off-by: Lucien Kong Signed-off-by: Valentin Duperray Signed-off-by: Franck Jonas Signed-off-by: Thomas Nguy Signed-off-by: Huynh Khoi Nguyen Nguyen Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy --- 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 ------- -:: - Starting point at which to create the new commits. If the - --onto option is not specified, the starting point is - . May be any valid commit, and not just an - existing branch name. +--onto :: + With this option, git rebase takes all commits from , + that are not in , and transplants them on top of + . . 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 -- 1.7.8