The wording is introduced in c3f0baaca (Documentation: sync git.txt command list and manual page title, 2007-01-18), but rebase has evolved since then, capture the modern usage by being more generic about the rebase command in the summary. Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Inspired by https://medium.freecodecamp.com/git-rebase-and-the-golden-rule-explained-70715eccc372 (I tried to cc the author, but I am not sure if I got the right email address) Thanks, Stefan Documentation/git-rebase.txt | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt index 6cca8bb..6ed610a 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ git-rebase(1) NAME ---- -git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head +git-rebase - Reapply commits on top of another base tip SYNOPSIS -------- -- 2.8.0.rc0 -- 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