Re: Advice on edits to git-rebase man page

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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).

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