[PATCH v2 3/5] doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax
From: Julia Evans via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-08 19:15:31
Subsystem:
documentation, the rest · Maintainers:
Jonathan Corbet, Linus Torvalds
From: Julia Evans <redacted> This removes the explanation of `git rebase <upstream> <branch>`, since it was already explained above that it's shorthand for `git switch <branch> && git rebase <upstream>` Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <redacted> --- Documentation/git-rebase.adoc | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc b/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc
index a93c616f38b1..e700b92e35ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.adoc@@ -59,12 +59,7 @@ 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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