Subject: [PATCH v9 3/5] doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax

From: "Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:43:00 +0000

From: Julia Evans <[email-masked]>

Remove duplicate explanation of `git rebase <upstream> <branch>` which
is already explained above.

Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <[email-masked]>
---
 Documentation/git-rebase.adoc | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc b/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc
index e82ceb9cbfce..6d02648a9b3c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ one of these things:
 
    git rebase --skip
 
-If `<branch>` is specified, `git rebase` will perform an automatic
-`git switch <branch>` before doing anything else.  Otherwise
-it remains on the current branch.
-
-If `<upstream>` is not specified, the upstream configured in
+If you don't specify an `<upstream>` to rebase onto, the upstream configured in
 `branch.<name>.remote` and `branch.<name>.merge` options will be used (see
 linkgit:git-config[1] for details) and the `--fork-point` option is
 assumed.  If you are currently not on any branch or if the current
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