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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 6805a74aec..3cedfb0fd2 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -430,13 +430,15 @@ without an explicit `--interactive`. --autosquash:: --no-autosquash:: When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." (or - "fixup! ..."), and there is a commit whose title begins with - the same ..., automatically modify the todo list of rebase -i - so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after the - commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved - commit from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup`). Ignores subsequent - "fixup! " or "squash! " after the first, in case you referred to an - earlier fixup/squash with `git commit --fixup/--squash`. + "fixup! ..."), and there is already a commit in the todo list that + matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of rebase + -i so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after the + commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit + from `pick` to `squash` (or `fixup`). A commit matches the `...` if + the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers to the commit's + hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit subject work, + too. The recommended way to create fixup/squash commits is by using + the `--fixup`/`--squash` options of linkgit:git-commit[1]. + This option is only valid when the `--interactive` option is used. + |