konglu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > That's what I thought, but it appeared to me that the description > > --onto <newbase>:: > Starting point at which to create the new commits. > If the --onto option is not specified, the starting > point is <upstream>. May be any valid commit, and > not just an existing branch name. > > only focus on the parameter <newbase>. Talking about <newbase> is equivalent to talking about --onto isn't it? What the command does is described far above upfront in the manual page; the description of options is the place to explain what details are affected by giving (or not giving) the option in the behaviour that was explained earlier. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html