rebase docs: recommend -r over -p

The `--preserve-merges` option is now deprecated in favor of
`--rebase-merges`; Let's stop recommending the former.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Johannes Schindelin 2019-05-28 05:42:16 -07:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -670,7 +670,8 @@ $ git rebase -i HEAD~5
And move the first patch to the end of the list.
You might want to preserve merges, if you have a history like this:
You might want to recreate merge commits, e.g. if you have a history
like this:
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X
@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ Suppose you want to rebase the side branch starting at "A" to "Q". Make
sure that the current HEAD is "B", and call
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$ git rebase -i -p --onto Q O
$ git rebase -i -r --onto Q O
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Reordering and editing commits usually creates untested intermediate