CONFIGURATION
-------------
-include::rebase-config.txt[]
+include::config/rebase.txt[]
OPTIONS
-------
--exec <cmd>::
Append "exec <cmd>" after each line creating a commit in the
final history. <cmd> will be interpreted as one or more shell
- commands.
+ commands. Any command that fails will interrupt the rebase,
+ with exit code 1.
+
You may execute several commands by either using one instance of `--exec`
with several commands:
the files and/or the commit message, amend the commit, and continue
rebasing.
+To interrupt the rebase (just like an "edit" command would do, but without
+cherry-picking any commit first), use the "break" command.
+
If you just want to edit the commit message for a commit, replace the
command "pick" with the command "reword".
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REBASING MERGES
------------------
+---------------
The interactive rebase command was originally designed to handle
individual patch series. As such, it makes sense to exclude merge
to proceed.
The `reset` command resets the HEAD, index and worktree to the specified
-revision. It is isimilar to an `exec git reset --hard <label>`, but
+revision. It is similar to an `exec git reset --hard <label>`, but
refuses to overwrite untracked files. If the `reset` command fails, it is
rescheduled immediately, with a helpful message how to edit the todo list
(this typically happens when a `reset` command was inserted into the todo
list manually and contains a typo).
-The `merge` command will merge the specified revision into whatever is
-HEAD at that time. With `-C <original-commit>`, the commit message of
+The `merge` command will merge the specified revision(s) into whatever
+is HEAD at that time. With `-C <original-commit>`, the commit message of
the specified merge commit will be used. When the `-C` is changed to
a lower-case `-c`, the message will be opened in an editor after a
successful merge so that the user can edit the message.
when the merge operation did not even start), it is rescheduled immediately.
At this time, the `merge` command will *always* use the `recursive`
-merge strategy, with no way to choose a different one. To work around
+merge strategy for regular merges, and `octopus` for octopus merges,
+strategy, with no way to choose a different one. To work around
this, an `exec` command can be used to call `git merge` explicitly,
using the fact that the labels are worktree-local refs (the ref
`refs/rewritten/onto` would correspond to the label `onto`, for example).