Sorry about that.. I thought I was being pretty descriptive but maybe I missed something. After we setup Git (msysgit) and set it up using Apache with active directory authentication, I added a repository using git init --bare then I copied my files I wanted to add to the repository and did a git add . and git commit -a So that all worked. We have done several clones using git clone with this remote repo. We have also done git push and git pull to verify everything is working ok. Everything was working fine. So back to my original train of though. I am trying to learn more about rebase so i have cloned the central repo two times (I call the central repo the origin) doing the following (to help you understand) git clone https://servername:port/repopath c:\clonedrepo1 git clone https://servername:port/repopath c:\clonedrepo2 and then made changes to this cloned copy (clonedrepo1) and pushed two commits back to origin. (git commit -a two times) so now I have the following in the remote repo (origin) origin --> C1 --> C2 (Note to help you understand C1 = commit 1 and c2 = commit 2, etc) In the other cloned copy (clonedrepo2), which I consider a branch, I have made two more commits C3 and C4 clonedrepo2 --> C3 --> C4 I am able to easily pull from origin to get my clonedrepo2 to look like clonerepo2 --> C3 --> C4 --> C1 --> C2 using git pull origin or git pull https://servername:port/repopath however I was wanting to rebase the clonedrepo2 branch so that it shows clonerepo2 -> C1 --> C2 --> C3 --> C4 In other words I am wanting to rebase clonedrepo2 to the master of the origin. I thought the command to do this was git rebase origin master but that doesnt work and I get C:\clonedrepo2>git rebase origin master Switched to branch 'master' Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 2 commits. Current branch master is up to date. I know my my branch is ahead by c3 and c4 but it does not have C1 and C2 Thoughts. -- View this message in context: http://git.661346.n2.nabble.com/Git-rebase-basics-tp7561468p7561489.html Sent from the git mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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