* Rephrase "duplicates of commits" to clarify that in step 2, rebase is
using git patch-id (or the equivalent) to compare commits instead of
using the SHA.
* wrap some text correctly
* s/git checkout -C/git checkout -B/
Julia Evans (5):
doc: git-rebase: start with an example
doc: git rebase: dedup merge conflict discussion
doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax
doc: git-rebase: move --onto explanation down
doc: git-rebase: update discussion of internals
Documentation/git-rebase.adoc | 304 +++++++++++++++-------------------
1 file changed, 138 insertions(+), 166 deletions(-)
base-commit: 2c2ba49d55ff26c1082b8137b1ec5eeccb4337d1
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1949%2Fjvns%2Fclarify-rebase-v7
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1949/jvns/clarify-rebase-v7
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1949
Range-diff vs v6:
1: e7a8fbbe53c = 1: e7a8fbbe53c doc: git-rebase: start with an example
2: ad63f69918d = 2: ad63f69918d doc: git rebase: dedup merge conflict discussion
3: 7ee6b0afe88 = 3: 7ee6b0afe88 doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax
4: 4686417b28e = 4: 4686417b28e doc: git-rebase: move --onto explanation down
5: 9c7f2716bc8 ! 5: 79f29ad1e68 doc: git-rebase: update discussion of internals
@@ Documentation/git-rebase.adoc: linkgit:git-config[1] for details) and the `--for
+ off from `<upstream>`. This is the same set of commits that would be shown
+ by `git log <upstream>..HEAD`. You can use `--fork-point` or `--root` to
+ change how this list of commits is constructed.
-+2. Check whether any of those commits are duplicates of commits already
-+ in `<upstream>` and remove them from the list.
-+3. Check out `<upstream>` with the equivalent of `git checkout --detach <upstream>`.
++2. Check whether any of those commits contain the same changes (according to
++ `git patch-id`) as a commit already in `<upstream>` and remove them from
++ the list.
++3. Check out `<upstream>` with the equivalent of
++ `git checkout --detach <upstream>`.
+4. Replay the commits, one by one, in order. This is similar to running
+ `git cherry-pick <commit>` for each commit. See REBASING MERGES for how merges
+ are handled.
+5. Update your branch to point to the final commit with the equivalent
-+ of `git checkout -C <branch>`.
++ of `git checkout -B <branch>`.
[NOTE]
-`ORIG_HEAD` is not guaranteed to still point to the previous branch tip