Give details of the implied priority in the description section. Signed-off-by: Philip Oakley <philipoakley@xxxxxxx> --- wording based on: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/222581 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/223816 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/217410 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/222763 --- Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 87a8095..24d16ef 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ DESCRIPTION by default, to the head of the branch's upstream, or onto a new base if given. +In its minimal form, having built locally on the (current) branch, +use `git rebase` to catch up with its published upstream state to +create a new linear history. Importantly, `git rebase` is a way to +replay your work on top of the work of others. It is not about +integrating other people's changes into your work. + If <branch> is specified, 'git rebase' will perform an automatic `git checkout <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise it remains on the current branch. -- 1.8.1.msysgit.1 -- 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