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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 0aefc34d0..167c8bed5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -228,13 +228,23 @@ OPTIONS Use merging strategies to rebase. When the recursive (default) merge strategy is used, this allows rebase to be aware of renames on the upstream side. ++ +Note that a rebase merge works by replaying each commit from the working +branch on top of the <upstream> branch. Because of this, when a merge +conflict happens, the side reported as 'ours' is the so-far rebased +series, starting with <upstream>, and 'theirs' is the working branch. In +other words, the sides are swapped. -s <strategy>:: --strategy=<strategy>:: Use the given merge strategy. - If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies - is used instead ('git-merge-recursive' when merging a single - head, 'git-merge-octopus' otherwise). This implies --merge. + If there is no `-s` option 'git-merge-recursive' is used + instead. This implies --merge. ++ +Because 'git-rebase' replays each commit from the working branch +on top of the <upstream> branch using the given strategy, using +the 'ours' strategy simply discards all patches from the <branch>, +which makes little sense. -q:: --quiet:: |