On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > Seems like a reasonable summary to me, and definitely more fitting of what rebase does today. Thanks, Jake -- 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