From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr>
Cc: Matthew Brett <matthew.brett@gmail•com>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger•kernel.org>,
Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d•org>
Subject: Re: Advice on edits to git-rebase man page
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:29:45 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqmw4sjbcm.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vpq1tm412dk.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (Matthieu Moy's message of "Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:20:55 +0100")
Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp•fr> writes:
> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com> writes:
>
>> Perhaps something like this instead?
>>
>> git-rebase - Rebuild a branch on top of a different commit
>
> I would say "Replay history on top of a different commit" instead.
> "Rebuild" may be misleading (it's not "build" as in "compile & link"),
> and the rebased history does not technically have to be a branch.
I am fine if the description were "replay history and repoint the
branch tip to the result"; the fact that branch tip moves is an
important part of the semantics of the command.
Otherwise, you cannot cleanly capture why we have rebase and
cherry-pick (which can do ranges these days).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-05 21:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-04 20:21 Advice on edits to git-rebase man page Matthew Brett
2015-02-05 10:44 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-02-05 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-05 21:20 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-02-05 21:29 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2015-02-18 18:59 ` Matthew Brett
2015-02-23 18:24 ` Matthew Brett
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