Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> Perhaps something like this instead? >> >> git-rebase - Rebuild a branch on top of a different commit > > I would say "Replay history on top of a different commit" instead. > "Rebuild" may be misleading (it's not "build" as in "compile & link"), > and the rebased history does not technically have to be a branch. I am fine if the description were "replay history and repoint the branch tip to the result"; the fact that branch tip moves is an important part of the semantics of the command. Otherwise, you cannot cleanly capture why we have rebase and cherry-pick (which can do ranges these days). -- 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