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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-06-08 14:27:52 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2022-06-08 14:27:52 -0700
commit363d54ff806097ee01ad0614dda950d0ca88987c (patch)
tree2b077c184f3c80b7afa44cad7cdea25f887c320a /Documentation
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parent9e5ebe9668a0f152757182b80bae9b66aad11952 (diff)
downloadgit-363d54ff806097ee01ad0614dda950d0ca88987c.tar.xz
Merge branch 'ah/rebase-keep-base-fix' into maint
"git rebase --keep-base <upstream> <branch-to-rebase>" computed the commit to rebase onto incorrectly, which has been corrected. source: <20220421044233.894255-1-alexhenrie24@gmail.com> * ah/rebase-keep-base-fix: rebase: use correct base for --keep-base when a branch is given
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
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--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -215,9 +215,10 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD.
--keep-base::
Set the starting point at which to create the new commits to the
- merge base of <upstream> <branch>. Running
+ merge base of <upstream> and <branch>. Running
'git rebase --keep-base <upstream> <branch>' is equivalent to
- running 'git rebase --onto <upstream>... <upstream>'.
+ running
+ 'git rebase --onto <upstream>...<branch> <upstream> <branch>'.
+
This option is useful in the case where one is developing a feature on
top of an upstream branch. While the feature is being worked on, the