Merge branch 'sb/more-repo-in-api' into md/list-objects-filter-by-depth

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index e98d1ac8ae720719cab33dfbdf3d32b6ff56f64c..dff17b31788fec085b91314b3b3328c689050628 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -441,7 +441,8 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 --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:
@@ -549,24 +550,28 @@ Other incompatible flag pairs:
 BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES
 -----------------------
 
- * empty commits:
+There are some subtle differences how the backends behave.
 
-    am-based rebase will drop any "empty" commits, whether the
-    commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to
-    start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied
-    upstream in other commits).
+Empty commits
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The am backend drops any "empty" commits, regardless of whether the
+commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to
+start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied
+upstream in other commits).
 
-    merge-based rebase does the same.
+The merge backend does the same.
 
-    interactive-based rebase will by default drop commits that
-    started empty and halt if it hits a commit that ended up empty.
-    The `--keep-empty` option exists for interactive rebases to allow
-    it to keep commits that started empty.
+The interactive backend drops commits by default that
+started empty and halts if it hits a commit that ended up empty.
+The `--keep-empty` option exists for the interactive backend to allow
+it to keep commits that started empty.
 
-  * directory rename detection:
+Directory rename detection
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-    merge-based and interactive-based rebases work fine with
-    directory rename detection.  am-based rebases sometimes do not.
+The merge and interactive backends work fine with
+directory rename detection.  The am backend sometimes does not.
 
 include::merge-strategies.txt[]
 
@@ -641,6 +646,9 @@ By replacing the command "pick" with the command "edit", you can tell
 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".