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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 9e136ee16e..41631df6e4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -549,24 +549,28 @@ Other incompatible flag pairs: BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES ----------------------- - * empty commits: +There are some subtle differences how the backends behave. - am-based rebase will drop any "empty" commits, whether the - commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to - start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied - upstream in other commits). +Empty commits +~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +The am backend drops any "empty" commits, regardless of whether the +commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to +start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied +upstream in other commits). - merge-based rebase does the same. +The merge backend does the same. - interactive-based rebase will by default drop commits that - started empty and halt if it hits a commit that ended up empty. - The `--keep-empty` option exists for interactive rebases to allow - it to keep commits that started empty. +The interactive backend drops commits by default that +started empty and halts if it hits a commit that ended up empty. +The `--keep-empty` option exists for the interactive backend to allow +it to keep commits that started empty. - * directory rename detection: +Directory rename detection +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - merge-based and interactive-based rebases work fine with - directory rename detection. am-based rebases sometimes do not. +The merge and interactive backends work fine with +directory rename detection. The am backend sometimes does not. include::merge-strategies.txt[] |