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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 9 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 2d71e4b975..b30ed352e5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [verse] 'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>] [<branch>] -'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] --onto <newbase> +'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>] --root [<branch>] 'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort @@ -369,10 +369,11 @@ squash/fixup series. --root:: Rebase all commits reachable from <branch>, instead of limiting them with an <upstream>. This allows you to rebase - the root commit(s) on a branch. Must be used with --onto, and + the root commit(s) on a branch. When used with --onto, it will skip changes already contained in <newbase> (instead of - <upstream>). When used together with --preserve-merges, 'all' - root commits will be rewritten to have <newbase> as parent + <upstream>) whereas without --onto it will operate on every change. + When used together with both --onto and --preserve-merges, + 'all' root commits will be rewritten to have <newbase> as parent instead. --autosquash:: |