the local merge commits are included in the rebase (see
linkgit:git-rebase[1] for details).
+
-When set to preserve, rebase with the `--preserve-merges` option passed
-to `git rebase` so that locally created merge commits will not be flattened.
+When set to `preserve` (deprecated in favor of `merges`), rebase with the
+`--preserve-merges` option passed to `git rebase` so that locally created
+merge commits will not be flattened.
+
When false, merge the current branch into the upstream branch.
+
And move the first patch to the end of the list.
-You might want to preserve merges, if you have a history like this:
+You might want to recreate merge commits, e.g. if you have a history
+like this:
------------------
X
sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call
-----------------------------
-$ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O
+$ git rebase -i -r --onto Q O
-----------------------------
Reordering and editing commits usually creates untested intermediate
test_rebase_am_only --committer-date-is-author-date
test_rebase_am_only -C4
-test_expect_success '--preserve-merges incompatible with --signoff' '
+test_expect_success REBASE_P '--preserve-merges incompatible with --signoff' '
git checkout B^0 &&
test_must_fail git rebase --preserve-merges --signoff A
'
-test_expect_success '--preserve-merges incompatible with --rebase-merges' '
+test_expect_success REBASE_P \
+ '--preserve-merges incompatible with --rebase-merges' '
git checkout B^0 &&
test_must_fail git rebase --preserve-merges --rebase-merges A
'
'
# FAILURE: Does not preserve master4.
-test_expect_failure 'Rebase -Xsubtree --preserve-merges --onto commit 4' '
+test_expect_failure REBASE_P \
+ 'Rebase -Xsubtree --preserve-merges --onto commit 4' '
reset_rebase &&
git checkout -b rebase-preserve-merges-4 master &&
git filter-branch --prune-empty -f --subdirectory-filter files_subtree &&
'
# FAILURE: Does not preserve master5.
-test_expect_failure 'Rebase -Xsubtree --preserve-merges --onto commit 5' '
+test_expect_failure REBASE_P \
+ 'Rebase -Xsubtree --preserve-merges --onto commit 5' '
reset_rebase &&
git checkout -b rebase-preserve-merges-5 master &&
git filter-branch --prune-empty -f --subdirectory-filter files_subtree &&
'
# FAILURE: Does not preserve master4.
-test_expect_failure 'Rebase -Xsubtree --keep-empty --preserve-merges --onto commit 4' '
+test_expect_failure REBASE_P \
+ 'Rebase -Xsubtree --keep-empty --preserve-merges --onto commit 4' '
reset_rebase &&
git checkout -b rebase-keep-empty-4 master &&
git filter-branch --prune-empty -f --subdirectory-filter files_subtree &&
'
# FAILURE: Does not preserve master5.
-test_expect_failure 'Rebase -Xsubtree --keep-empty --preserve-merges --onto commit 5' '
+test_expect_failure REBASE_P \
+ 'Rebase -Xsubtree --keep-empty --preserve-merges --onto commit 5' '
reset_rebase &&
git checkout -b rebase-keep-empty-5 master &&
git filter-branch --prune-empty -f --subdirectory-filter files_subtree &&
'
# FAILURE: Does not preserve Empty.
-test_expect_failure 'Rebase -Xsubtree --keep-empty --preserve-merges --onto empty commit' '
+test_expect_failure REBASE_P \
+ 'Rebase -Xsubtree --keep-empty --preserve-merges --onto empty commit' '
reset_rebase &&
git checkout -b rebase-keep-empty-empty master &&
git filter-branch --prune-empty -f --subdirectory-filter files_subtree &&