SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git-rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [--merge] [-C<n>]
- [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]
+'git-rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge] [-C<n>]
+ [-p | --preserve-merges] [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]
'git-rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
DESCRIPTION
then the command
- git-rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~2 topicA
+ git-rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~3 topicA
would result in the removal of commits F and G:
--skip::
Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch.
---merge::
+-m, \--merge::
Use merging strategies to rebase. When the recursive (default) merge
strategy is used, this allows rebase to be aware of renames on the
upstream side.
-i, \--interactive::
Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased. Let the
- user edit that list before rebasing.
+ user edit that list before rebasing. This mode can also be used to
+ split commits (see SPLITTING COMMITS below).
+
+-p, \--preserve-merges::
+ Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. This option
+ only works in interactive mode.
include::merge-strategies.txt[]
And move the first patch to the end of the list.
+You might want to preserve merges, if you have a history like this:
+
+------------------
+ X
+ \
+ A---M---B
+ /
+---o---O---P---Q
+------------------
+
+Suppose you want to rebase the side branch starting at "A" to "Q". Make
+sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call
+
+-----------------------------
+$ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O
+-----------------------------
+
+
+SPLITTING COMMITS
+-----------------
+
+In interactive mode, you can mark commits with the action "edit". However,
+this does not necessarily mean that 'git rebase' expects the result of this
+edit to be exactly one commit. Indeed, you can undo the commit, or you can
+add other commits. This can be used to split a commit into two:
+
+- Start an interactive rebase with 'git rebase -i <commit>^', where
+ <commit> is the commit you want to split. In fact, any commit range
+ will do, as long as it contains that commit.
+
+- Mark the commit you want to split with the action "edit".
+
+- When it comes to editing that commit, execute 'git reset HEAD^'. The
+ effect is that the HEAD is rewound by one, and the index follows suit.
+ However, the working tree stays the same.
+
+- Now add the changes to the index that you want to have in the first
+ commit. You can use gitlink:git-add[1] (possibly interactively) and/or
+ gitlink:git-gui[1] to do that.
+
+- Commit the now-current index with whatever commit message is appropriate
+ now.
+
+- Repeat the last two steps until your working tree is clean.
+
+- Continue the rebase with 'git rebase --continue'.
+
+If you are not absolutely sure that the intermediate revisions are
+consistent (they compile, pass the testsuite, etc.) you should use
+gitlink:git-stash[1] to stash away the not-yet-committed changes
+after each commit, test, and amend the commit if fixes are necessary.
+
+
Authors
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> and