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diff --git a/git-rebase.txt b/git-rebase.txt index 9a295bcee..e7b39ad24 100644 --- a/git-rebase.txt +++ b/git-rebase.txt @@ -529,20 +529,25 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. -r:: --rebase-merges[=(rebase-cousins|no-rebase-cousins)]:: +--no-rebase-merges:: By default, a rebase will simply drop merge commits from the todo list, and put the rebased commits into a single, linear branch. With `--rebase-merges`, the rebase will instead try to preserve the branching structure within the commits that are to be rebased, by recreating the merge commits. Any resolved merge conflicts or manual amendments in these merge commits will have to be - resolved/re-applied manually. + resolved/re-applied manually. `--no-rebase-merges` can be used to + countermand both the `rebase.rebaseMerges` config option and a previous + `--rebase-merges`. + -By default, or when `no-rebase-cousins` was specified, commits which do not -have `<upstream>` as direct ancestor will keep their original branch point, -i.e. commits that would be excluded by linkgit:git-log[1]'s -`--ancestry-path` option will keep their original ancestry by default. If -the `rebase-cousins` mode is turned on, such commits are instead rebased -onto `<upstream>` (or `<onto>`, if specified). +When rebasing merges, there are two modes: `rebase-cousins` and +`no-rebase-cousins`. If the mode is not specified, it defaults to +`no-rebase-cousins`. In `no-rebase-cousins` mode, commits which do not have +`<upstream>` as direct ancestor will keep their original branch point, i.e. +commits that would be excluded by linkgit:git-log[1]'s `--ancestry-path` +option will keep their original ancestry by default. In `rebase-cousins` mode, +such commits are instead rebased onto `<upstream>` (or `<onto>`, if +specified). + It is currently only possible to recreate the merge commits using the `ort` merge strategy; different merge strategies can be used only via |