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   1git-rebase(1)
   2=============
   3
   4NAME
   5----
   6git-rebase - Rebase local commits to new upstream head.
   7
   8SYNOPSIS
   9--------
  10'git-rebase' [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]
  11
  12DESCRIPTION
  13-----------
  14git-rebase applies to <upstream> (or optionally to <newbase>) commits
  15from <branch> that do not appear in <upstream>. When <branch> is not
  16specified it defaults to the current branch (HEAD).
  17
  18When git-rebase is complete, <branch> will be updated to point to the
  19newly created line of commit objects, so the previous line will not be
  20accessible unless there are other references to it already.
  21
  22Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "topic":
  23
  24          A---B---C topic
  25         /
  26    D---E---F---G master
  27
  28From this point, the result of the following commands:
  29
  30    git-rebase master
  31    git-rebase master topic
  32
  33would be:
  34
  35                  A'--B'--C' topic
  36                 /
  37    D---E---F---G master
  38
  39While, starting from the same point, the result of the following
  40commands:
  41
  42    git-rebase --onto master~1 master
  43    git-rebase --onto master~1 master topic
  44
  45would be:
  46
  47              A'--B'--C' topic
  48             /
  49    D---E---F---G master
  50
  51OPTIONS
  52-------
  53<newbase>::
  54        Starting point at which to create the new commits. If the
  55        --onto option is not specified, the starting point is
  56        <upstream>.
  57
  58<upstream>::
  59        Upstream branch to compare against.
  60
  61<head>::
  62        Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
  63
  64Author
  65------
  66Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  67
  68Documentation
  69--------------
  70Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  71
  72GIT
  73---
  74Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  75