[PATCH v4 0/5] doc: git-rebase: clarify DESCRIPTION section
From: Julia Evans via GitGitGadget <hidden>
Date: 2025-08-09 01:14:21
Replaced git switch topic && git rebase master with git checkout topic && git rebase master Also "short-cut" with "shortcut" which is the spelling used elsewhere in the man pages 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 | 300 ++++++++++++++++------------------ 1 file changed, 145 insertions(+), 155 deletions(-) base-commit: 2c2ba49d55ff26c1082b8137b1ec5eeccb4337d1 Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-1949%2Fjvns%2Fclarify-rebase-v4 Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-1949/jvns/clarify-rebase-v4 Pull-Request: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/pull/1949 Range-diff vs v3: 1: 26b742eb49f ! 1: 07a4bdb7ce5 doc: git-rebase: start with an example @@ Documentation/git-rebase.adoc: SYNOPSIS +`master` (i.e. A, B, and C), on top of the current `master`. You can do this +by running `git rebase master` while the `topic` branch is checked out. If you +want to rebase `topic` while on another branch, `git rebase master topic` is a -+short-cut for `git switch topic && git rebase master`. ++shortcut for `git checkout topic && git rebase master`. + +------------ + A'--B'--C' topic 2: 249a5127904 ! 2: 061790686b9 doc: git rebase: dedup merge conflict discussion @@ Commit message Signed-off-by: Julia Evans [off-list ref] ## Documentation/git-rebase.adoc ## -@@ Documentation/git-rebase.adoc: short-cut for `git switch topic && git rebase master`. +@@ Documentation/git-rebase.adoc: shortcut for `git checkout topic && git rebase master`. D---E---F---G master ------------ 3: 013a5044ef3 = 3: fe9e161a51b doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax 4: c574a27412d = 4: b37ebc8389d doc: git-rebase: move --onto explanation down 5: eabacd3c159 = 5: 105a65e6e71 doc: git-rebase: update discussion of internals -- gitgitgadget