git rebase --whitespace

Hello!

I tried to use "git --rebase --whitespace=..." and noticed some
oddities. Git 1.6.0.4.

      * --whitespace is not supported when using --interactive. Should
        be mentioned in the docs.
      * Without --interactive, rebase will bail out early if the current
        branch is up-to-date. I was trying to use --whitespace=fix to
        clean up my patches and had to patch git-rebase (see attached),
        otherwise it didn't let me do that.
      * The documentation mentions --whitespace=check, but "check" is
        not a valid option.

I don't have time to fix the documentation, but I thought I should at
least mention the issues and send the patch your way in case someone
finds it useful.

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Best Regards, Patrick Ohly

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