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authorLibravatar Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com>2008-07-08 00:12:22 -0400
committerLibravatar Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-08 13:13:03 -0700
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parentTeach "am" and "rebase" to mark the original position with ORIG_HEAD (diff)
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Documentation: mention ORIG_HEAD in am, merge, and rebase
Merge has always set ORIG_HEAD but never mentioned it, while we recently added it to am and rebase. These facts should be reflected in the documentation. git-reset also sets ORIG_HEAD, but that fact is already mentioned in the very first example so no changes were needed there. Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@silverinsanity.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ of commits that would be shown by `git log <upstream>..HEAD`.
The current branch is reset to <upstream>, or <newbase> if the
--onto option was supplied. This has the exact same effect as
-`git reset --hard <upstream>` (or <newbase>).
+`git reset --hard <upstream>` (or <newbase>). ORIG_HEAD is set
+to point at the tip of the branch before the reset.
The commits that were previously saved into the temporary area are
then reapplied to the current branch, one by one, in order. Note that