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diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index e7b39ad244..03d5e9936a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SYNOPSIS [--onto <newbase> | --keep-base] [<upstream> [<branch>]] 'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [<options>] [--exec <cmd>] [--onto <newbase>] --root [<branch>] -'git rebase' (--continue | --skip | --abort | --quit | --edit-todo | --show-current-patch) +'git rebase' (--continue|--skip|--abort|--quit|--edit-todo|--show-current-patch) DESCRIPTION ----------- @@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. + See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. ---empty={drop,keep,ask}:: +--empty=(drop|keep|ask):: How to handle commits that are not empty to start and are not clean cherry-picks of any upstream commit, but which become empty after rebasing (because they contain a subset of already @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. + The commit list format can be changed by setting the configuration option rebase.instructionFormat. A customized instruction format will automatically -have the long commit hash prepended to the format. +have the commit hash prepended to the format. + See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. @@ -589,21 +589,27 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. --autosquash:: --no-autosquash:: - When the commit log message begins with "squash! ..." or "fixup! ..." - or "amend! ...", and there is already a commit in the todo list that - matches the same `...`, automatically modify the todo list of - `rebase -i`, so that the commit marked for squashing comes right after - the commit to be modified, and change the action of the moved commit - from `pick` to `squash` or `fixup` or `fixup -C` respectively. A commit - matches the `...` if the commit subject matches, or if the `...` refers - to the commit's hash. As a fall-back, partial matches of the commit - subject work, too. The recommended way to create fixup/amend/squash - commits is by using the `--fixup`, `--fixup=amend:` or `--fixup=reword:` - and `--squash` options respectively of linkgit:git-commit[1]. + Automatically squash commits with specially formatted messages into + previous commits being rebased. If a commit message starts with + "squash! ", "fixup! " or "amend! ", the remainder of the subject line + is taken as a commit specifier, which matches a previous commit if it + matches the subject line or the hash of that commit. If no commit + matches fully, matches of the specifier with the start of commit + subjects are considered. + -If the `--autosquash` option is enabled by default using the -configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be -used to override and disable this setting. +In the rebase todo list, the actions of squash, fixup and amend commits are +changed from `pick` to `squash`, `fixup` or `fixup -C`, respectively, and they +are moved right after the commit they modify. The `--interactive` option can +be used to review and edit the todo list before proceeding. ++ +The recommended way to create commits with squash markers is by using the +`--squash`, `--fixup`, `--fixup=amend:` or `--fixup=reword:` options of +linkgit:git-commit[1], which take the target commit as an argument and +automatically fill in the subject line of the new commit from that. ++ +Setting configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash` to true enables +auto-squashing by default for interactive rebase. The `--no-autosquash` +option can be used to override that setting. + See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. @@ -620,13 +626,16 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below. Automatically reschedule `exec` commands that failed. This only makes sense in interactive mode (or when an `--exec` option was provided). + -Even though this option applies once a rebase is started, it's set for -the whole rebase at the start based on either the -`rebase.rescheduleFailedExec` configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1] -or "CONFIGURATION" below) or whether this option is -provided. Otherwise an explicit `--no-reschedule-failed-exec` at the -start would be overridden by the presence of -`rebase.rescheduleFailedExec=true` configuration. +This option applies once a rebase is started. It is preserved for the whole +rebase based on, in order, the command line option provided to the initial `git +rebase`, the `rebase.rescheduleFailedExec` configuration (see +linkgit:git-config[1] or "CONFIGURATION" below), or it defaults to false. ++ +Recording this option for the whole rebase is a convenience feature. Otherwise +an explicit `--no-reschedule-failed-exec` at the start would be overridden by +the presence of a `rebase.rescheduleFailedExec=true` configuration when `git +rebase --continue` is invoked. Currently, you cannot pass +`--[no-]reschedule-failed-exec` to `git rebase --continue`. --update-refs:: --no-update-refs:: @@ -695,7 +704,7 @@ be dropped automatically with `--no-keep-empty`). Similar to the apply backend, by default the merge backend drops commits that become empty unless `-i`/`--interactive` is specified (in which case it stops and asks the user what to do). The merge backend -also has an `--empty={drop,keep,ask}` option for changing the behavior +also has an `--empty=(drop|keep|ask)` option for changing the behavior of handling commits that become empty. Directory rename detection @@ -957,10 +966,9 @@ The interactive rebase will stop when a command fails (i.e. exits with non-0 status) to give you an opportunity to fix the problem. You can continue with `git rebase --continue`. -The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the one specified -in `$SHELL`, or the default shell if `$SHELL` is not set), so you can -use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command is run from -the root of the working tree. +The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the default one, usually +/bin/sh), so you can use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command +is run from the root of the working tree. ---------------------------------- $ git rebase -i --exec "make test" |