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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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@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ the objects and will not converge with the original branch. You will not
be able to easily push and distribute the rewritten branch on top of the
original branch. Please do not use this command if you do not know the
full implications, and avoid using it anyway, if a simple single commit
-would suffice to fix your problem.
+would suffice to fix your problem. (See the "RECOVERING FROM UPSTREAM
+REBASE" section in linkgit:git-rebase[1] for further information about
+rewriting published history.)
Always verify that the rewritten version is correct: The original refs,
if different from the rewritten ones, will be stored in the namespace