Merge branch 'maint'

[git.git] / Documentation / git-rebase.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index da3c38cd60dc0d143fe91417b742335cfff27809..33e0ef1f6d48c22eddb2b1a7273065a4269924ae 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -192,6 +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>::
@@ -224,15 +231,26 @@ OPTIONS
 
 -s <strategy>::
 --strategy=<strategy>::
-       Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
-       once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
+       Use the given merge strategy.
        If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
        is used instead ('git-merge-recursive' when merging a single
        head, 'git-merge-octopus' otherwise).  This implies --merge.
 
+-q::
+--quiet::
+       Be quiet. Implies --no-stat.
+
 -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].
@@ -243,11 +261,24 @@ OPTIONS
        context exist they all must match.  By default no context is
        ever ignored.
 
+-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.
+
+--ignore-whitespace::
 --whitespace=<option>::
-       This flag is passed to the 'git-apply' program
+       These flag are 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::
        Make a list of the commits which are about to be rebased.  Let the
@@ -337,14 +368,17 @@ 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.
 
+If you just want to edit the commit message for a commit, replace the
+command "pick" with the command "reword".
+
 If you want to fold two or more commits into one, replace the command
 "pick" with "squash" for the second and subsequent commit.  If the
 commits had different authors, it will attribute the squashed commit to
 the author of the first commit.
 
-In both cases, or when a "pick" does not succeed (because of merge
-errors), the loop will stop to let you fix things, and you can continue
-the loop with `git rebase --continue`.
+'git-rebase' will stop when "pick" has been replaced with "edit" or
+when a command fails due to merge errors. When you are done editing
+and/or resolving conflicts you can continue with `git rebase --continue`.
 
 For example, if you want to reorder the last 5 commits, such that what
 was HEAD~4 becomes the new HEAD. To achieve that, you would call