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DESCRIPTION
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-If <branch> is specified, git-rebase will perform an automatic
+If <branch> is specified, `git-rebase` will perform an automatic
`git checkout <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise
it remains on the current branch.
part of topicA. Note that the argument to --onto and the <upstream>
parameter can be any valid commit-ish.
-In case of conflict, git-rebase will stop at the first problematic commit
-and leave conflict markers in the tree. You can use git-diff to locate
+In case of conflict, `git-rebase` will stop at the first problematic commit
+and leave conflict markers in the tree. You can use `git-diff` to locate
the markers (<<<<<<) and make edits to resolve the conflict. For each
file you edit, you need to tell git that the conflict has been resolved,
typically this would be done with
git rebase --continue
-Alternatively, you can undo the git-rebase with
+Alternatively, you can undo the `git-rebase` with
git rebase --abort
When you rebase a branch, you are changing its history in a way that
will cause problems for anyone who already has a copy of the branch
in their repository and tries to pull updates from you. You should
-understand the implications of using 'git rebase' on a repository that
+understand the implications of using 'git-rebase' on a repository that
you share.
-When the git rebase command is run, it will first execute a "pre-rebase"
+When the git-rebase command is run, it will first execute a "pre-rebase"
hook if one exists. You can use this hook to do sanity checks and
reject the rebase if it isn't appropriate. Please see the template
pre-rebase hook script for an example.
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In interactive mode, you can mark commits with the action "edit". However,
-this does not necessarily mean that 'git-rebase' expects the result of this
+this does not necessarily mean that `git-rebase` expects the result of this
edit to be exactly one commit. Indeed, you can undo the commit, or you can
add other commits. This can be used to split a commit into two:
-- Start an interactive rebase with 'git rebase -i <commit>^', where
+- Start an interactive rebase with `git rebase -i <commit>^`, where
<commit> is the commit you want to split. In fact, any commit range
will do, as long as it contains that commit.
- Mark the commit you want to split with the action "edit".
-- When it comes to editing that commit, execute 'git reset HEAD^'. The
+- When it comes to editing that commit, execute `git reset HEAD^`. The
effect is that the HEAD is rewound by one, and the index follows suit.
However, the working tree stays the same.
- Now add the changes to the index that you want to have in the first
- commit. You can use linkgit:git-add[1] (possibly interactively) and/or
- linkgit:git-gui[1] to do that.
+ commit. You can use `git add` (possibly interactively) or
+ `git-gui` (or both) to do that.
- Commit the now-current index with whatever commit message is appropriate
now.
- Repeat the last two steps until your working tree is clean.
-- Continue the rebase with 'git rebase --continue'.
+- Continue the rebase with `git rebase --continue`.
If you are not absolutely sure that the intermediate revisions are
consistent (they compile, pass the testsuite, etc.) you should use
-linkgit:git-stash[1] to stash away the not-yet-committed changes
+`git-stash` to stash away the not-yet-committed changes
after each commit, test, and amend the commit if fixes are necessary.