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authorThomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>2008-09-13 18:11:01 +0200
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2008-09-15 21:22:58 -0700
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Documentation: Refer to git-rebase(1) to warn against rewriting
This points readers at the "Recovering from upstream rebase" warning in git-rebase(1) when we talk about rewriting published history in the 'reset', 'commit --amend', and 'filter-branch' documentation. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@ It is a rough equivalent for:
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but can be used to amend a merge commit.
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+You should understand the implications of rewriting history if you
+amend a commit that has already been published. (See the "RECOVERING
+FROM UPSTREAM REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1].)
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