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diff --git a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt index e70d8a31e7..a59ced8d04 100644 --- a/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/howto/revert-branch-rebase.txt @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:39:02 -0700 Content-type: text/asciidoc Message-ID: <7voe7g3uop.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> -Reverting an existing commit -============================ +How to revert an existing commit +================================ One of the changes I pulled into the 'master' branch turns out to break building GIT with GCC 2.95. While they were well intentioned @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ Fortunately I did not have to; what I have in the current branch ------------------------------------------------ $ git checkout master -$ git merge revert-c99 ;# this should be a fast forward +$ git merge revert-c99 ;# this should be a fast-forward Updating from 10d781b9caa4f71495c7b34963bef137216f86a8 to e3a693c... cache.h | 8 ++++---- commit.c | 2 +- @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Updating from 10d781b9caa4f71495c7b34963bef137216f86a8 to e3a693c... 5 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) ------------------------------------------------ -There is no need to redo the test at this point. We fast forwarded +There is no need to redo the test at this point. We fast-forwarded and we know 'master' matches 'revert-c99' exactly. In fact: ------------------------------------------------ @@ -112,25 +112,19 @@ $ git tag pu-anchor pu $ git rebase master * Applying: Redo "revert" using three-way merge machinery. First trying simple merge strategy to cherry-pick. -Finished one cherry-pick. * Applying: Remove git-apply-patch-script. First trying simple merge strategy to cherry-pick. Simple cherry-pick fails; trying Automatic cherry-pick. Removing Documentation/git-apply-patch-script.txt Removing git-apply-patch-script -Finished one cherry-pick. * Applying: Document "git cherry-pick" and "git revert" First trying simple merge strategy to cherry-pick. -Finished one cherry-pick. * Applying: mailinfo and applymbox updates First trying simple merge strategy to cherry-pick. -Finished one cherry-pick. * Applying: Show commits in topo order and name all commits. First trying simple merge strategy to cherry-pick. -Finished one cherry-pick. * Applying: More documentation updates. First trying simple merge strategy to cherry-pick. -Finished one cherry-pick. ------------------------------------------------ The temporary tag 'pu-anchor' is me just being careful, in case 'git |