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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index d728030590..47984e84ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ default is `--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`. -p:: --preserve-merges:: - Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. + 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 |