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+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--onto <newbase>]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
[<upstream>] [<branch>]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] --onto <newbase>
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
--root [<branch>]
'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ rebase.autosquash::
OPTIONS
-------
-<newbase>::
+--onto <newbase>::
Starting point at which to create the new commits. If the
--onto option is not specified, the starting point is
<upstream>. May be any valid commit, and not just an
@@ -344,14 +344,36 @@ This uses the `--interactive` machinery internally, but combining it
with the `--interactive` option explicitly is generally not a good
idea unless you know what you are doing (see BUGS below).
+-x <cmd>::
+--exec <cmd>::
+ Append "exec <cmd>" after each line creating a commit in the
+ final history. <cmd> will be interpreted as one or more shell
+ commands.
++
+This option can only be used with the `--interactive` option
+(see INTERACTIVE MODE below).
++
+You may execute several commands by either using one instance of `--exec`
+with several commands:
++
+ git rebase -i --exec "cmd1 && cmd2 && ..."
++
+or by giving more than one `--exec`:
++
+ git rebase -i --exec "cmd1" --exec "cmd2" --exec ...
++
+If `--autosquash` is used, "exec" lines will not be appended for
+the intermediate commits, and will only appear at the end of each
+squash/fixup series.
--root::
Rebase all commits reachable from <branch>, instead of
limiting them with an <upstream>. This allows you to rebase
- the root commit(s) on a branch. Must be used with --onto, and
+ the root commit(s) on a branch. When used with --onto, it
will skip changes already contained in <newbase> (instead of
- <upstream>). When used together with --preserve-merges, 'all'
- root commits will be rewritten to have <newbase> as parent
+ <upstream>) whereas without --onto it will operate on every change.
+ When used together with both --onto and --preserve-merges,
+ 'all' root commits will be rewritten to have <newbase> as parent
instead.
--autosquash::
@@ -521,6 +543,24 @@ in `$SHELL`, or the default shell if `$SHELL` is not set), so you can
use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command is run from
the root of the working tree.
+----------------------------------
+$ git rebase -i --exec "make test"
+----------------------------------
+
+This command lets you check that intermediate commits are compilable.
+The todo list becomes like that:
+
+--------------------
+pick 5928aea one
+exec make test
+pick 04d0fda two
+exec make test
+pick ba46169 three
+exec make test
+pick f4593f9 four
+exec make test
+--------------------
+
SPLITTING COMMITS
-----------------