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--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-rebase(1)
NAME
----
-git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
+git-rebase - Reapply commits on top of another base tip
SYNOPSIS
--------
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[<upstream> [<branch>]]
'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>]
--root [<branch>]
-'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --edit-todo
+'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --edit-todo
DESCRIPTION
-----------
@@ -208,10 +208,19 @@ rebase.stat::
rebase. False by default.
rebase.autoSquash::
- If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
+ If set to true enable `--autosquash` option by default.
rebase.autoStash::
- If set to true enable '--autostash' option by default.
+ If set to true enable `--autostash` option by default.
+
+rebase.missingCommitsCheck::
+ If set to "warn", print warnings about removed commits in
+ interactive mode. If set to "error", print the warnings and
+ stop the rebase. If set to "ignore", no checking is
+ done. "ignore" by default.
+
+rebase.instructionFormat::
+ Custom commit list format to use during an `--interactive` rebase.
OPTIONS
-------
@@ -243,6 +252,11 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
will be reset to where it was when the rebase operation was
started.
+--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.
+
--keep-empty::
Keep the commits that do not change anything from its
parents in the result.
@@ -285,7 +299,9 @@ which makes little sense.
-S[<keyid>]::
--gpg-sign[=<keyid>]::
- GPG-sign commits.
+ GPG-sign commits. The `keyid` argument is optional and
+ defaults to the committer identity; if specified, it must be
+ stuck to the option without a space.
-q::
--quiet::
@@ -359,6 +375,10 @@ default is `--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`.
Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased. Let the
user edit that list before rebasing. This mode can also be used to
split commits (see SPLITTING COMMITS below).
++
+The commit list format can be changed by setting the configuration option
+rebase.instructionFormat. A customized instruction format will automatically
+have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
-p::
--preserve-merges::
@@ -376,9 +396,6 @@ idea unless you know what you are doing (see BUGS below).
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:
+
@@ -391,6 +408,9 @@ or by giving more than one `--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.
++
+This uses the `--interactive` machinery internally, but it can be run
+without an explicit `--interactive`.
--root::
Rebase all commits reachable from <branch>, instead of
@@ -413,13 +433,14 @@ squash/fixup series.
"fixup! " or "squash! " after the first, in case you referred to an
earlier fixup/squash with `git commit --fixup/--squash`.
+
-This option is only valid when the '--interactive' option is used.
+This option is only valid when the `--interactive` option is used.
+
-If the '--autosquash' option is enabled by default using the
+If the `--autosquash` option is enabled by default using the
configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be
used to override and disable this setting.
---[no-]autostash::
+--autostash::
+--no-autostash::
Automatically create a temporary stash before the operation
begins, and apply it after the operation ends. This means
that you can run rebase on a dirty worktree. However, use
@@ -514,6 +535,9 @@ rebasing.
If you just want to edit the commit message for a commit, replace the
command "pick" with the command "reword".
+To drop a commit, replace the command "pick" with "drop", or just
+delete the matching line.
+
If you want to fold two or more commits into one, replace the command
"pick" for the second and subsequent commits with "squash" or "fixup".
If the commits had different authors, the folded commit will be