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what is "rebase"?

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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
Date
Nov 19, 2005, 23:25 UTC
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Can someone point me to a simple explanation of what "rebase" is? The git-rebase manpage doesn't define the word, or provide an example of its use.

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