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Re: [man bug?] git rebase --preserve-merges

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Dec 3, 2008, 07:43 UTC
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<85647ef50812020845g7de701bbye4a43a4e992a264b@mail.gmail.com>
Constantine Plotnikov wrote:
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> The man page for git rebase mentions "--preserve-merges" command line
> option but this option does not seems to be available.
> 
> Also if this option is specified, the following usage statement is printed:
> 
> Usage: git rebase [--interactive | -i] [-v] [--onto <newbase>]
> <upstream> [<branch>]
> 
> And this usage statement does not mention -m and -s options that seems
> to be available. I assume that the problem is the obsolete
> documentation.
>

You're probably using an old git where merge-preserving rebase is only available for interactive mode. Check the man-page again, and thoroughly this time ;-)

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  1. Constantine PlotnikovDec 2, 2008
  2. Andreas EricssonDec 3, 2008

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