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authorLibravatar Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>2007-08-31 18:10:21 +0100
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2007-08-31 23:22:51 -0700
commitf0fd889d7ff02efe8ee4a25ae2380db47c128682 (patch)
tree7404d7ee2fb8603059db00da2561968f7993ff69
parentfilter-branch: fix remnants of old syntax in documentation (diff)
downloadtgif-f0fd889d7ff02efe8ee4a25ae2380db47c128682.tar.xz
rebase -i: mention the option to split commits in the man page
The interactive mode of rebase can be used to split commits. Tell the interested parties about it, with a dedicated section in the man page. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index a1b6dce73d..640ea3b38d 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ OPTIONS
-i, \--interactive::
Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased. Let the
- user edit that list before rebasing.
+ user edit that list before rebasing. This mode can also be used to
+ split commits (see SPLITTING COMMITS below).
-p, \--preserve-merges::
Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. This option
@@ -325,6 +326,42 @@ sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call
$ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O
-----------------------------
+
+SPLITTING COMMITS
+-----------------
+
+In interactive mode, you can mark commits with the action "edit". However,
+this does not necessarily mean that 'git rebase' expects the result of this
+edit to be exactly one commit. Indeed, you can undo the commit, or you can
+add other commits. This can be used to split a commit into two:
+
+- Start an interactive rebase with 'git rebase -i <commit>^', where
+ <commit> is the commit you want to split. In fact, any commit range
+ will do, as long as it contains that commit.
+
+- Mark the commit you want to split with the action "edit".
+
+- When it comes to editing that commit, execute 'git reset HEAD^'. The
+ effect is that the HEAD is rewound by one, and the index follows suit.
+ However, the working tree stays the same.
+
+- Now add the changes to the index that you want to have in the first
+ commit. You can use gitlink:git-add[1] (possibly interactively) and/or
+ gitlink:git-gui[1] to do that.
+
+- Commit the now-current index with whatever commit message is appropriate
+ now.
+
+- Repeat the last two steps until your working tree is clean.
+
+- Continue the rebase with 'git rebase --continue'.
+
+If you are not absolutely sure that the intermediate revisions are
+consistent (they compile, pass the testsuite, etc.) you should use
+gitlink:git-stash[1] to stash away the not-yet-committed changes
+after each commit, test, and amend the commit if fixes are necessary.
+
+
Authors
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and