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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index bed500f151..794f2f39f1 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. --quit:: Abort the rebase operation but HEAD is not reset back to the original branch. The index and working tree are also left - unchanged as a result. + unchanged as a result. If a temporary stash entry was created + using --autostash, it will be saved to the stash reflog. --apply: Use applying strategies to rebase (calling `git-am` @@ -448,12 +449,14 @@ When --fork-point is active, 'fork_point' will be used instead of <branch>` command (see linkgit:git-merge-base[1]). If 'fork_point' ends up being empty, the <upstream> will be used as a fallback. + -If either <upstream> or --root is given on the command line, then the -default is `--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`. +If <upstream> is given on the command line, then the default is +`--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`. + If your branch was based on <upstream> but <upstream> was rewound and your branch contains commits which were dropped, this option can be used with `--keep-base` in order to drop those commits from your branch. ++ +See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. --ignore-whitespace:: --whitespace=<option>:: @@ -635,6 +638,7 @@ In addition, the following pairs of options are incompatible: * --preserve-merges and --empty= * --keep-base and --onto * --keep-base and --root + * --fork-point and --root BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES ----------------------- @@ -722,9 +726,17 @@ Hooks ~~~~~ The apply backend has not traditionally called the post-commit hook, -while the merge backend has. However, this was by accident of -implementation rather than by design. Both backends should have the -same behavior, though it is not clear which one is correct. +while the merge backend has. Both have called the post-checkout hook, +though the merge backend has squelched its output. Further, both +backends only call the post-checkout hook with the starting point +commit of the rebase, not the intermediate commits nor the final +commit. In each case, the calling of these hooks was by accident of +implementation rather than by design (both backends were originally +implemented as shell scripts and happened to invoke other commands +like 'git checkout' or 'git commit' that would call the hooks). Both +backends should have the same behavior, though it is not entirely +clear which, if any, is correct. We will likely make rebase stop +calling either of these hooks in the future. Interruptability ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |