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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 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
  51In case of conflict, git-rebase will stop at the first problematic commit
  52and leave conflict markers in the tree.  After resolving the conflict manually
  53and updating the index with the desired resolution, you can continue the
  54rebasing process with
  55
  56    git am --resolved --3way
  57
  58Alternatively, you can undo the git-rebase with
  59
  60    git reset --hard ORIG_HEAD
  61    rm -r .dotest
  62
  63OPTIONS
  64-------
  65<newbase>::
  66        Starting point at which to create the new commits. If the
  67        --onto option is not specified, the starting point is
  68        <upstream>.
  69
  70<upstream>::
  71        Upstream branch to compare against.
  72
  73<branch>::
  74        Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
  75
  76Author
  77------
  78Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
  79
  80Documentation
  81--------------
  82Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
  83
  84GIT
  85---
  86Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
  87