Subject: [PATCH v7 0/5] doc: git-rebase: clarify DESCRIPTION section

From: "Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:49:23 +0000

* Rephrase "duplicates of commits" to clarify that in step 2, rebase is
   using git patch-id (or the equivalent) to compare commits instead of
   using the SHA.
 * wrap some text correctly
 * s/git checkout -C/git checkout -B/

Julia Evans (5):
  doc: git-rebase: start with an example
  doc: git rebase: dedup merge conflict discussion
  doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax
  doc: git-rebase: move --onto explanation down
  doc: git-rebase: update discussion of internals

 Documentation/git-rebase.adoc | 304 +++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 138 insertions(+), 166 deletions(-)

base-commit: 2c2ba49d55ff26c1082b8137b1ec5eeccb4337d1
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1949%2Fjvns%2Fclarify-rebase-v7
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1949/jvns/clarify-rebase-v7
Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1949

Range-diff vs v6:

 1:  e7a8fbbe53c = 1:  e7a8fbbe53c doc: git-rebase: start with an example
 2:  ad63f69918d = 2:  ad63f69918d doc: git rebase: dedup merge conflict discussion
 3:  7ee6b0afe88 = 3:  7ee6b0afe88 doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax
 4:  4686417b28e = 4:  4686417b28e doc: git-rebase: move --onto explanation down
 5:  9c7f2716bc8 ! 5:  79f29ad1e68 doc: git-rebase: update discussion of internals
     @@ Documentation/git-rebase.adoc: linkgit:git-config[1] for details) and the `--for
      +   off from `<upstream>`. This is the same set of commits that would be shown
      +   by `git log  <upstream>..HEAD`. You can use `--fork-point` or  `--root` to
      +   change how this list of commits is constructed.
     -+2. Check whether any of those commits are duplicates of commits already
     -+   in `<upstream>` and remove them from the list.
     -+3. Check out `<upstream>` with the equivalent of `git checkout --detach <upstream>`.
     ++2. Check whether any of those commits contain the same changes (according to
     ++   `git patch-id`) as a commit already in `<upstream>` and remove them from
     ++   the list.
     ++3. Check out `<upstream>` with the equivalent of
     ++   `git checkout --detach <upstream>`.
      +4. Replay the commits, one by one, in order. This is similar to running
      +   `git cherry-pick <commit>` for each commit. See REBASING MERGES for how merges
      +   are handled.
      +5. Update your branch to point to the final commit with the equivalent
     -+   of `git checkout -C <branch>`.
     ++   of `git checkout -B <branch>`.
       
       [NOTE]
      -`ORIG_HEAD` is not guaranteed to still point to the previous branch tip

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