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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 374d2486f7..e8df8d5214 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -459,17 +459,38 @@ with `--keep-base` in order to drop those commits from your branch. See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. --ignore-whitespace:: + Ignore whitespace differences when trying to reconcile +differences. Currently, each backend implements an approximation of +this behavior: ++ +apply backend: When applying a patch, ignore changes in whitespace in +context lines. Unfortunately, this means that if the "old" lines being +replaced by the patch differ only in whitespace from the existing +file, you will get a merge conflict instead of a successful patch +application. ++ +merge backend: Treat lines with only whitespace changes as unchanged +when merging. Unfortunately, this means that any patch hunks that were +intended to modify whitespace and nothing else will be dropped, even +if the other side had no changes that conflicted. + --whitespace=<option>:: - These flags are passed to the 'git apply' program + This flag is passed to the 'git apply' program (see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch. Implies --apply. + See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. --committer-date-is-author-date:: + Instead of using the current time as the committer date, use + the author date of the commit being rebased as the committer + date. This option implies `--force-rebase`. + --ignore-date:: - These flags are passed to 'git am' to easily change the dates - of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]). +--reset-author-date:: + Instead of using the author date of the original commit, use + the current time as the author date of the rebased commit. This + option implies `--force-rebase`. + See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. @@ -607,9 +628,6 @@ INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS The following options: * --apply - * --committer-date-is-author-date - * --ignore-date - * --ignore-whitespace * --whitespace * -C @@ -636,6 +654,9 @@ In addition, the following pairs of options are incompatible: * --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 |