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git-rebase(1)
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NAME
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----
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git-rebase - Forward-port local commits to the updated upstream head
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SYNOPSIS
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--------
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'git-rebase' [-v] [--merge] [-C<n>] [--onto <newbase>] <upstream> [<branch>]
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'git-rebase' --continue | --skip | --abort
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DESCRIPTION
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-----------
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git-rebase replaces <branch> with a new branch of the same name. When
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the --onto option is provided the new branch starts out with a HEAD equal
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to <newbase>, otherwise it is equal to <upstream>. It then attempts to
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create a new commit for each commit from the original <branch> that does
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not exist in the <upstream> branch.
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It is possible that a merge failure will prevent this process from being
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completely automatic. You will have to resolve any such merge failure
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and run `git rebase --continue`. Another option is to bypass the commit
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that caused the merge failure with `git rebase --skip`. To restore the
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original <branch> and remove the .dotest working files, use the command
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`git rebase --abort` instead.
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Note that if <branch> is not specified on the command line, the currently
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checked out branch is used.
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Assume the following history exists and the current branch is "topic":
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A---B---C topic
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/
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D---E---F---G master
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From this point, the result of either of the following commands:
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git-rebase master
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git-rebase master topic
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would be:
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A'--B'--C' topic
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/
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D---E---F---G master
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The latter form is just a short-hand of `git checkout topic`
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followed by `git rebase master`.
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Here is how you would transplant a topic branch based on one
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branch to another, to pretend that you forked the topic branch
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from the latter branch, using `rebase --onto`.
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First let's assume your 'topic' is based on branch 'next'.
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For example feature developed in 'topic' depends on some
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functionality which is found in 'next'.
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o---o---o---o---o master
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\
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o---o---o---o---o next
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\
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o---o---o topic
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------------
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We would want to make 'topic' forked from branch 'master',
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for example because the functionality 'topic' branch depend on
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got merged into more stable 'master' branch, like this:
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o---o---o---o---o master
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| o'--o'--o' topic
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\
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o---o---o---o---o next
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------------
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We can get this using the following command:
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git-rebase --onto master next topic
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Another example of --onto option is to rebase part of a
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branch. If we have the following situation:
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H---I---J topicB
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/
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E---F---G topicA
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/
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A---B---C---D master
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then the command
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git-rebase --onto master topicA topicB
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would result in:
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H'--I'--J' topicB
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/
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|/
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A---B---C---D master
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------------
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This is useful when topicB does not depend on topicA.
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A range of commits could also be removed with rebase. If we have
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the following situation:
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E---F---G---H---I---J topicA
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then the command
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git-rebase --onto topicA~5 topicA~2 topicA
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would result in the removal of commits F and G:
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E---H'---I'---J' topicA
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This is useful if F and G were flawed in some way, or should not be
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part of topicA. Note that the argument to --onto and the <upstream>
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parameter can be any valid commit-ish.
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In case of conflict, git-rebase will stop at the first problematic commit
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and leave conflict markers in the tree. You can use git diff to locate
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the markers (<<<<<<) and make edits to resolve the conflict. For each
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file you edit, you need to tell git that the conflict has been resolved,
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typically this would be done with
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git update-index <filename>
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After resolving the conflict manually and updating the index with the
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desired resolution, you can continue the rebasing process with
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git rebase --continue
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Alternatively, you can undo the git-rebase with
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git rebase --abort
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OPTIONS
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<newbase>::
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Starting point at which to create the new commits. If the
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--onto option is not specified, the starting point is
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<upstream>. May be any valid commit, and not just an
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existing branch name.
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<upstream>::
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Upstream branch to compare against. May be any valid commit,
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not just an existing branch name.
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<branch>::
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Working branch; defaults to HEAD.
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--continue::
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Restart the rebasing process after having resolved a merge conflict.
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--abort::
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Restore the original branch and abort the rebase operation.
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--skip::
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Restart the rebasing process by skipping the current patch.
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--merge::
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Use merging strategies to rebase. When the recursive (default) merge
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strategy is used, this allows rebase to be aware of renames on the
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upstream side.
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-s <strategy>, \--strategy=<strategy>::
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Use the given merge strategy; can be supplied more than
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once to specify them in the order they should be tried.
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If there is no `-s` option, a built-in list of strategies
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is used instead (`git-merge-recursive` when merging a single
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head, `git-merge-octopus` otherwise). This implies --merge.
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-v, \--verbose::
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Display a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last rebase.
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-C<n>::
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Ensure at least <n> lines of surrounding context match before
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and after each change. When fewer lines of surrounding
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context exist they all must match. By default no context is
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ever ignored.
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include::merge-strategies.txt[]
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NOTES
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When you rebase a branch, you are changing its history in a way that
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will cause problems for anyone who already has a copy of the branch
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in their repository and tries to pull updates from you. You should
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understand the implications of using 'git rebase' on a repository that
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you share.
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When the git rebase command is run, it will first execute a "pre-rebase"
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hook if one exists. You can use this hook to do sanity checks and
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reject the rebase if it isn't appropriate. Please see the template
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pre-rebase hook script for an example.
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You must be in the top directory of your project to start (or continue)
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a rebase. Upon completion, <branch> will be the current branch.
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Author
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------
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Written by Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Documentation
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Documentation by Junio C Hamano and the git-list <git@vger.kernel.org>.
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GIT
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Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite
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