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Suggestion: rebase [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>][..[<branch>]]

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HFHallvard Breien Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no>
Date
Jan 17, 2012, 16:44 UTC
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<hbf.20120117gdfh@bombur.uio.no>
I think
	git rebase [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>][..[<branch>]]
would be a more readable syntax for what rebase is doing.  Easier
to see which argument means what without staring at the manpage.
"..[<branch>]" without <upstream> implies --root.
-- 
Hallvard
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  1. Hallvard Breien FurusethJan 17, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2012

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