SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge]
- [-s <strategy> | --strategy=<strategy>]
- [-C<n>] [ --whitespace=<option>] [-p | --preserve-merges]
- [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] [--onto <newbase>]
+ <upstream> [<branch>]
+'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [options] --onto <newbase>
+ --root [<branch>]
+
'git rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
DESCRIPTION
All changes made by commits in the current branch but that are not
in <upstream> are saved to a temporary area. This is the same set
-of commits that would be shown by `git log <upstream>..HEAD`.
+of commits that would be shown by `git log <upstream>..HEAD` (or
+`git log HEAD`, if --root is specified).
The current branch is reset to <upstream>, or <newbase> if the
--onto option was supplied. This has the exact same effect as
from the latter branch, using `rebase --onto`.
First let's assume your 'topic' is based on branch 'next'.
-For example feature developed in 'topic' depends on some
+For example, a feature developed in 'topic' depends on some
functionality which is found in 'next'.
------------
o---o---o topic
------------
-We would want to make 'topic' forked from branch 'master',
-for example because the functionality 'topic' branch depend on
-got merged into more stable 'master' branch, like this:
+We want to make 'topic' forked from branch 'master'; for example,
+because the functionality on which 'topic' depends was merged into the
+more stable 'master' branch. We want our tree to look like this:
------------
o---o---o---o---o master
git rebase --abort
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+rebase.stat::
+ Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
+ rebase. False by default.
+
OPTIONS
-------
<newbase>::
-v::
--verbose::
- Display a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase.
+ Be verbose. Implies --stat.
+
+--stat::
+ Show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase. The
+ diffstat is also controlled by the configuration option rebase.stat.
+
+-n::
+--no-stat::
+ Do not show a diffstat as part of the rebase process.
+
+--no-verify::
+ This option bypasses the pre-rebase hook. See also linkgit:githooks[5].
-C<n>::
Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
context exist they all must match. By default no context is
ever ignored.
---whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>::
+-f::
+--force-rebase::
+ Force the rebase even if the current branch is a descendant
+ of the commit you are rebasing onto. Normally the command will
+ exit with the message "Current branch is up to date" in such a
+ situation.
+
+--whitespace=<option>::
This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' program
(see linkgit:git-apply[1]) that applies the patch.
+ Incompatible with the --interactive option.
+
+--committer-date-is-author-date::
+--ignore-date::
+ These flags are passed to 'git-am' to easily change the dates
+ of the rebased commits (see linkgit:git-am[1]).
-i::
--interactive::
-p::
--preserve-merges::
- Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. This option
- only works in interactive mode.
+ Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them.
+
+--root::
+ Rebase all commits reachable from <branch>, instead of
+ limiting them with an <upstream>. This allows you to rebase
+ the root commit(s) on a branch. Must be used with --onto, and
+ will skip changes already contained in <newbase> (instead of
+ <upstream>). When used together with --preserve-merges, 'all'
+ root commits will be rewritten to have <newbase> as parent
+ instead.
include::merge-strategies.txt[]