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| author | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-31 14:58:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2015-03-31 14:58:38 -0700 |
| commit | cf8a8c6bd53c43e29cb735eb7934ffc996475d77 (patch) | |
| tree | a50e887cc7bed478902004e88322f2542f3d16a5 /Documentation/git-rebase.txt | |
| parent | a3b75b3ccbc0f8128937d3b393837c2a74f2b662 (diff) | |
| parent | 52735a689270bb1de94eb3de198594b36caed9bb (diff) | |
| download | git-cf8a8c6bd53c43e29cb735eb7934ffc996475d77.tar.gz | |
Sync with 2.3.5
* maint:
Git 2.3.5
docs: clarify what git-rebase's "-p" / "--preserve-merges" does
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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index d728030590..47984e84ed 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ default is `--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`. -p:: --preserve-merges:: - Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. + Recreate merge commits instead of flattening the history by replaying + commits a merge commit introduces. Merge conflict resolutions or manual + amendments to merge commits are not preserved. + This uses the `--interactive` machinery internally, but combining it with the `--interactive` option explicitly is generally not a good |