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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
- [<upstream>] [<branch>]
+ [<upstream> [<branch>]]
'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
--root [<branch>]
'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --edit-todo
@@ -316,11 +316,8 @@ which makes little sense.
-f::
--force-rebase::
- Force the rebase even if the current branch is a descendant
- of the commit you are rebasing onto. Normally non-interactive rebase will
- exit with the message "Current branch is up to date" in such a
- situation.
- Incompatible with the --interactive option.
+ Force a rebase even if the current branch is up-to-date and
+ the command without `--force` would return without doing anything.
+
You may find this (or --no-ff with an interactive rebase) helpful after
reverting a topic branch merge, as this option recreates the topic branch with