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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a1b6dce73d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -0,0 +1,339 @@ +git-rebase(1) +============= + +NAME +---- +git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +[verse] +'git-rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [--merge] [-C<n>] + [-p | --preserve-merges] [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>] +'git-rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +If <branch> is specified, git-rebase will perform an automatic +`git checkout <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise +it remains on the current branch. + +All changes made by commits in the current branch but that are not +in <upstream> are saved to a temporary area. This is the same set +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>). + +The commits that were previously saved into the temporary area are +then reapplied to the current branch, one by one, in order. + +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 +`git rebase --abort` instead. + +Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "topic": + +------------ + A---B---C topic + / + D---E---F---G master +------------ + +From this point, the result of either of the following commands: + + + git-rebase master + git-rebase master topic + +would be: + +------------ + A'--B'--C' topic + / + D---E---F---G master +------------ + +The latter form is just a short-hand of `git checkout topic` +followed by `git rebase master`. + +Here is how you would transplant a topic branch based on one +branch to another, to pretend that you forked the topic branch +from the latter branch, using `rebase --onto`. + +First let's assume your 'topic' is based on branch 'next'. +For example feature developed in 'topic' depends on some +functionality which is found in 'next'. + +------------ + o---o---o---o---o master + \ + o---o---o---o---o next + \ + o---o---o topic +------------ + +We would want to make 'topic' forked from branch 'master', +for example because the functionality 'topic' branch depend on +got merged into more stable 'master' branch, like this: + +------------ + o---o---o---o---o master + | \ + | o'--o'--o' topic + \ + o---o---o---o---o next +------------ + +We can get this using the following command: + + git-rebase --onto master next topic + + +Another example of --onto option is to rebase part of a +branch. If we have the following situation: + +------------ + H---I---J topicB + / + E---F---G topicA + / + A---B---C---D master +------------ + +then the command + + git-rebase --onto master topicA topicB + +would result in: + +------------ + H'--I'--J' topicB + / + | E---F---G topicA + |/ + A---B---C---D master +------------ + +This is useful when topicB does not depend on topicA. + +A range of commits could also be removed with rebase. If we have +the following situation: + +------------ + E---F---G---H---I---J topicA +------------ + +then the command + + git-rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~3 topicA + +would result in the removal of commits F and G: + +------------ + E---H'---I'---J' topicA +------------ + +This is useful if F and G were flawed in some way, or should not be +part of topicA. Note that the argument to --onto and the <upstream> +parameter can be any valid commit-ish. + +In case of conflict, git-rebase will stop at the first problematic commit +and leave conflict markers in the tree. You can use git diff to locate +the markers (<<<<<<) and make edits to resolve the conflict. For each +file you edit, you need to tell git that the conflict has been resolved, +typically this would be done with + + + git add <filename> + + +After resolving the conflict manually and updating the index with the +desired resolution, you can continue the rebasing process with + + + git rebase --continue + + +Alternatively, you can undo the git-rebase with + + + git rebase --abort + +OPTIONS +------- +<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 + existing branch name. + +<upstream>:: + Upstream branch to compare against. May be any valid commit, + not just an existing branch name. + +<branch>:: + Working branch; defaults to HEAD. + +--continue:: + Restart the rebasing process after having resolved a merge conflict. + +--abort:: + Restore the original branch and abort the rebase operation. + +--skip:: + Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch. + +--merge:: + Use merging strategies to rebase. When the recursive (default) merge + strategy is used, this allows rebase to be aware of renames on the + upstream side. + +-s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>:: + Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than + once to specify them in the order they should be tried. + If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies + is used instead (`git-merge-recursive` when merging a single + head, `git-merge-octopus` otherwise). This implies --merge. + +-v, \--verbose:: + Display a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase. + +-C<n>:: + Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before + and after each change. When fewer lines of surrounding + context exist they all must match. By default no context is + ever ignored. + +-i, \--interactive:: + Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased. Let the + user edit that list before rebasing. + +-p, \--preserve-merges:: + Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. This option + only works in interactive mode. + +include::merge-strategies.txt[] + +NOTES +----- +When you rebase a branch, you are changing its history in a way that +will cause problems for anyone who already has a copy of the branch +in their repository and tries to pull updates from you. You should +understand the implications of using 'git rebase' on a repository that +you share. + +When the git rebase command is run, it will first execute a "pre-rebase" +hook if one exists. You can use this hook to do sanity checks and +reject the rebase if it isn't appropriate. Please see the template +pre-rebase hook script for an example. + +You must be in the top directory of your project to start (or continue) +a rebase. Upon completion, <branch> will be the current branch. + +INTERACTIVE MODE +---------------- + +Rebasing interactively means that you have a chance to edit the commits +which are rebased. You can reorder the commits, and you can +remove them (weeding out bad or otherwise unwanted patches). + +The interactive mode is meant for this type of workflow: + +1. have a wonderful idea +2. hack on the code +3. prepare a series for submission +4. submit + +where point 2. consists of several instances of + +a. regular use + 1. finish something worthy of a commit + 2. commit +b. independent fixup + 1. realize that something does not work + 2. fix that + 3. commit it + +Sometimes the thing fixed in b.2. cannot be amended to the not-quite +perfect commit it fixes, because that commit is buried deeply in a +patch series. That is exactly what interactive rebase is for: use it +after plenty of "a"s and "b"s, by rearranging and editing +commits, and squashing multiple commits into one. + +Start it with the last commit you want to retain as-is: + + git rebase -i <after-this-commit> + +An editor will be fired up with all the commits in your current branch +(ignoring merge commits), which come after the given commit. You can +reorder the commits in this list to your heart's content, and you can +remove them. The list looks more or less like this: + +------------------------------------------- +pick deadbee The oneline of this commit +pick fa1afe1 The oneline of the next commit +... +------------------------------------------- + +The oneline descriptions are purely for your pleasure; `git-rebase` will +not look at them but at the commit names ("deadbee" and "fa1afe1" in this +example), so do not delete or edit the names. + +By replacing the command "pick" with the command "edit", you can tell +`git-rebase` to stop after applying that commit, so that you can edit +the files and/or the commit message, amend the commit, and continue +rebasing. + +If you want to fold two or more commits into one, replace the command +"pick" with "squash" for the second and subsequent commit. If the +commits had different authors, it will attribute the squashed commit to +the author of the last commit. + +In both cases, or when a "pick" does not succeed (because of merge +errors), the loop will stop to let you fix things, and you can continue +the loop with `git rebase --continue`. + +For example, if you want to reorder the last 5 commits, such that what +was HEAD~4 becomes the new HEAD. To achieve that, you would call +`git-rebase` like this: + +---------------------- +$ git rebase -i HEAD~5 +---------------------- + +And move the first patch to the end of the list. + +You might want to preserve merges, if you have a history like this: + +------------------ + X + \ + A---M---B + / +---o---O---P---Q +------------------ + +Suppose you want to rebase the side branch starting at "A" to "Q". Make +sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call + +----------------------------- +$ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O +----------------------------- + +Authors +------ +Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and +Johannes E. Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> + +Documentation +-------------- +Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>. + +GIT +--- +Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite |