From: konglu@minatec.inpg.fr
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 20:08:35 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 1/2] git-rebase.txt: "--onto" option updated
Message-ID: <20120608220835.Horde.eP-uRXwdC4BP0lvDP2D2BYA@webmail.minatec.grenoble-inp.fr>
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> a écrit :

> konglu@minatec.inpg.fr writes:
>
>> That's what I thought, but it appeared to me that the description
>>
>> --onto <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.
>>
>> only focus on the parameter <newbase>.
>
> Talking about <newbase> is equivalent to talking about --onto isn't
> it?  What the command does is described far above upfront in the
> manual page; the description of options is the place to explain what
> details are affected by giving (or not giving) the option in the
> behaviour that was explained earlier.

Alright, gonna keep it unchanged then :).