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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 9a075bc4d..520aaa94f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ SYNOPSIS [<upstream>] [<branch>] 'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] --onto <newbase> --root [<branch>] - 'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort DESCRIPTION @@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ with a different commit message or timestamp will be skipped). It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being completely automatic. You will have to resolve any such merge failure and run `git rebase --continue`. Another option is to bypass the commit -that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To restore the +that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To check out the original <branch> and remove the .git/rebase-apply working files, use the command `git rebase --abort` instead. @@ -233,7 +232,11 @@ leave out at most one of A and B, in which case it defaults to HEAD. Restart the rebasing process after having resolved a merge conflict. --abort:: - Restore the original branch and abort the rebase operation. + Abort the rebase operation and reset HEAD to the original + branch. If <branch> was provided when the rebase operation was + started, then HEAD will be reset to <branch>. Otherwise HEAD + will be reset to where it was when the rebase operation was + started. --skip:: Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch. @@ -406,10 +409,13 @@ The interactive mode is meant for this type of workflow: where point 2. consists of several instances of -a. regular use +a) regular use + 1. finish something worthy of a commit 2. commit -b. independent fixup + +b) independent fixup + 1. realize that something does not work 2. fix that 3. commit it |