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 either 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 either 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<branch>:: 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