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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
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being
completely automatic. You will have to resolve any such merge failure
and run `git rebase --continue`. Another option is to bypass the commit
that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To restore the
-original <branch> and remove the .dotest working files, use the command
+original <branch> and remove the .git/rebase working files, use the command
`git rebase --abort` instead.
Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "topic":