# Now we are rebasing commits $upstream..$branch on top of $onto
-# Check if we are already based on $onto, but this should be
-# done only when upstream and onto are the same.
+# Check if we are already based on $onto with linear history,
+# but this should be done only when upstream and onto are the same.
mb=$(git merge-base "$onto" "$branch")
-if test "$upstream" = "$onto" && test "$mb" = "$onto"
+if test "$upstream" = "$onto" && test "$mb" = "$onto" &&
+ # linear history?
+ ! git rev-list --parents "$onto".."$branch" | grep " .* " > /dev/null
then
echo >&2 "Current branch $branch_name is up to date."
exit 0