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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-14 23:45:49 -0700
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-07-14 23:45:49 -0700
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Merge branch 'jc/rebase-orig-head'
* jc/rebase-orig-head: Documentation: mention ORIG_HEAD in am, merge, and rebase Teach "am" and "rebase" to mark the original position with ORIG_HEAD
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@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@ directory exists, so if you decide to start over from scratch,
run `rm -f -r .dotest` before running the command with mailbox
names.
+Before any patches are applied, ORIG_HEAD is set to the tip of the
+current branch. This is useful if you have problems with multiple
+commits, like running 'git am' on the wrong branch or an error in the
+commits that is more easily fixed by changing the mailbox (e.g.
+errors in the "From:" lines).
+
SEE ALSO
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