Merge branch 'tv/rebase-stat'

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index c8ad86a56fc6bff70cb6e7c74cc8ef10ef2da73e..57bd333f0b3660b12382365ee2b6d8e6c2418f02 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git rebase' [-i | --interactive] [-v | --verbose] [-m | --merge]
-       [-s <strategy> | --strategy=<strategy>] [--no-verify]
-       [-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
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ it remains on the current branch.
 
 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
@@ -190,6 +192,13 @@ Alternatively, you can undo the 'git-rebase' with
 
     git rebase --abort
 
+CONFIGURATION
+-------------
+
+rebase.stat::
+       Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
+       rebase. False by default.
+
 OPTIONS
 -------
 <newbase>::
@@ -230,7 +239,15 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -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].
@@ -241,9 +258,10 @@ OPTIONS
        context exist they all must match.  By default no context is
        ever ignored.
 
---whitespace=<nowarn|warn|error|error-all|strip>::
+--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.
 
 -i::
 --interactive::
@@ -255,6 +273,15 @@ OPTIONS
 --preserve-merges::
        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[]
 
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