Merge branch 'cw/rebase-i-root'

"git rebase [-i] --root $tip" can now be used to rewrite all the
history down to the root.

* cw/rebase-i-root:
  t3404: make test 57 work with dash and others
  Add tests for rebase -i --root without --onto
  rebase -i: support --root without --onto

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

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::