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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index c116dbf4bb..9da4647061 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -527,29 +527,12 @@ i.e. commits that would be excluded by linkgit:git-log[1]'s the `rebase-cousins` mode is turned on, such commits are instead rebased onto `<upstream>` (or `<onto>`, if specified). + -The `--rebase-merges` mode is similar in spirit to the deprecated -`--preserve-merges` but works with interactive rebases, -where commits can be reordered, inserted and dropped at will. -+ It is currently only possible to recreate the merge commits using the `ort` merge strategy; different merge strategies can be used only via explicit `exec git merge -s <strategy> [...]` commands. + See also REBASING MERGES and INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. --p:: ---preserve-merges:: - [DEPRECATED: use `--rebase-merges` instead] Recreate merge commits - instead of flattening the history by replaying commits a merge commit - introduces. Merge conflict resolutions or manual amendments to merge - commits are not preserved. -+ -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). -+ -See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. - -x <cmd>:: --exec <cmd>:: Append "exec <cmd>" after each line creating a commit in the @@ -581,9 +564,6 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. the root commit(s) on a branch. When used with --onto, it will skip changes already contained in <newbase> (instead of <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. + See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. @@ -645,7 +625,6 @@ are incompatible with the following options: * --allow-empty-message * --[no-]autosquash * --rebase-merges - * --preserve-merges * --interactive * --exec * --no-keep-empty @@ -656,13 +635,6 @@ are incompatible with the following options: In addition, the following pairs of options are incompatible: - * --preserve-merges and --interactive - * --preserve-merges and --signoff - * --preserve-merges and --rebase-merges - * --preserve-merges and --empty= - * --preserve-merges and --ignore-whitespace - * --preserve-merges and --committer-date-is-author-date - * --preserve-merges and --ignore-date * --keep-base and --onto * --keep-base and --root * --fork-point and --root @@ -742,9 +714,9 @@ information about the rebased commits and their parents (and instead generates new fake commits based off limited information in the generated patches), those commits cannot be identified; instead it has to fall back to a commit summary. Also, when merge.conflictStyle is -set to diff3, the apply backend will use "constructed merge base" to -label the content from the merge base, and thus provide no information -about the merge base commit whatsoever. +set to diff3 or zdiff3, the apply backend will use "constructed merge +base" to label the content from the merge base, and thus provide no +information about the merge base commit whatsoever. The merge backend works with the full commits on both sides of history and thus has no such limitations. @@ -1280,29 +1252,6 @@ CONFIGURATION include::config/rebase.txt[] include::config/sequencer.txt[] -BUGS ----- -The todo list presented by the deprecated `--preserve-merges --interactive` -does not represent the topology of the revision graph (use `--rebase-merges` -instead). Editing commits and rewording their commit messages should work -fine, but attempts to reorder commits tend to produce counterintuitive results. -Use `--rebase-merges` in such scenarios instead. - -For example, an attempt to rearrange ------------- -1 --- 2 --- 3 --- 4 --- 5 ------------- -to ------------- -1 --- 2 --- 4 --- 3 --- 5 ------------- -by moving the "pick 4" line will result in the following history: ------------- - 3 - / -1 --- 2 --- 4 --- 5 ------------- - GIT --- Part of the linkgit:git[1] suite |