git-commit-vandalism/Documentation
Sebastian Schuberth d50d31e880 docs: clarify what git-rebase's "-p" / "--preserve-merges" does
Ignoring a merge can be read as ignoring the changes a merge commit
introduces altogether, as if the entire side branch the merge commit
merged was removed from the history.  But that is not what happens
if "-p" is not specified.  What happens is that the individual
commits a merge commit introduces are replayed in order, and only
any possible merge conflict resolutions or manual amendments to the
merge commit are ignored.

Get this straight in the docs.

Also, do not say that merge commits are *tried* to be recreated. As that is
true almost everywhere it is better left unsaid.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Schuberth <sschuberth@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
2015-03-30 13:44:29 -07:00
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howto Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
RelNotes Git 2.0.5 2014-12-17 11:30:46 -08:00
technical Merge branch 'ye/doc-http-proto' into maint 2014-07-22 10:28:02 -07:00
.gitattributes
.gitignore doc: generate a list of valid merge tools 2013-02-02 21:46:52 -08:00
asciidoc.conf Documentation: avoid poor-man's small caps GIT 2013-02-01 13:53:25 -08:00
blame-options.txt blame: document multiple -L support 2013-08-06 14:34:43 -07:00
build-docdep.perl
cat-texi.perl Documentation: Strip texinfo anchors to avoid duplicates 2013-04-03 16:14:19 -07:00
cmd-list.perl
CodingGuidelines doc: give some guidelines for error messages 2014-07-10 13:31:55 -07:00
config.txt Sync with v1.9.5 2014-12-17 11:28:54 -08:00
date-formats.txt Correct word usage of "timezone" in "Documentation" directory 2013-11-12 10:47:17 -08:00
diff-config.txt diff: add diff.orderfile configuration variable 2013-12-18 16:39:00 -08:00
diff-format.txt
diff-generate-patch.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
diff-options.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
docbook-xsl.css
docbook.xsl
everyday.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
fetch-options.txt Merge branch 'nd/shallow-clone' 2014-01-17 12:21:20 -08:00
fix-texi.perl
git-add.txt Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' 2014-04-08 12:00:28 -07:00
git-am.txt Merge branch 'cp/am-patch-format-doc' 2014-03-25 11:01:31 -07:00
git-annotate.txt
git-apply.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-archimport.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-archive.txt docs: clarify remote restrictions for git-upload-archive 2014-02-28 09:55:35 -08:00
git-bisect-lk2009.txt typofix: documentation 2013-07-22 16:06:48 -07:00
git-bisect.txt Merge branch 'mg/bisect-doc' 2013-02-14 10:29:01 -08:00
git-blame.txt docs/git-blame: explain more clearly the example pickaxe use 2014-02-11 11:03:07 -08:00
git-branch.txt Refer to branch.<name>.remote/merge when documenting --track 2013-09-09 11:03:01 -07:00
git-bundle.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-cat-file.txt cat-file: provide %(deltabase) batch format 2013-12-26 11:54:26 -08:00
git-check-attr.txt Merge branch 'jc/check-x-z' 2013-09-04 12:23:25 -07:00
git-check-ignore.txt check-ignore: Add option to ignore index contents 2013-09-12 15:40:29 -07:00
git-check-mailmap.txt builtin: add git-check-mailmap command 2013-07-13 10:19:37 -07:00
git-check-ref-format.txt Add new @ shortcut for HEAD 2013-09-12 14:39:34 -07:00
git-checkout-index.txt
git-checkout.txt Documentation: @{-N} can refer to a commit 2014-01-21 13:50:00 -08:00
git-cherry-pick.txt parse-options: multi-word argh should use dash to separate words 2014-03-24 10:43:34 -07:00
git-cherry.txt Documentation: revamp git-cherry(1) 2013-11-27 12:16:49 -08:00
git-citool.txt
git-clean.txt Documentation/git-clean: fix description for range 2013-07-24 19:16:13 -07:00
git-clone.txt docs/git-clone: clarify use of --no-hardlinks option 2014-02-11 11:03:07 -08:00
git-column.txt doc: remote author/documentation sections from more pages 2014-01-27 08:34:34 -08:00
git-commit-tree.txt commit-tree: add and document --no-gpg-sign 2014-02-24 14:51:35 -08:00
git-commit.txt Merge branch 'jc/rev-parse-argh-dashed-multi-words' 2014-04-08 11:59:27 -07:00
git-config.txt Merge branch 'jc/url-match' 2013-09-09 14:50:36 -07:00
git-count-objects.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
git-credential-cache--daemon.txt command-list: mention git-credential-* helpers 2012-08-08 12:11:54 -07:00
git-credential-cache.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-credential-store.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-credential.txt Documentation: make AsciiDoc links always point to HTML files 2013-09-06 14:49:06 -07:00
git-cvsexportcommit.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-cvsimport.txt Documentation: fix documentation AsciiDoc links for external urls 2014-02-20 14:14:58 -08:00
git-cvsserver.txt Merge branch 'ta/doc-no-small-caps' 2013-02-05 16:13:32 -08:00
git-daemon.txt documentation: trivial style cleanups 2013-05-17 12:09:21 -07:00
git-describe.txt use 'commit-ish' instead of 'committish' 2013-09-04 15:03:03 -07:00
git-diff-files.txt
git-diff-index.txt Documentation/diff-index: mention two modes of operation 2013-05-20 15:50:44 -07:00
git-diff-tree.txt
git-diff.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
git-difftool.txt documentation: trivial style cleanups 2013-05-17 12:09:21 -07:00
git-fast-export.txt Documentation: Update 'linux-2.6.git' -> 'linux.git' 2013-06-22 23:36:48 -07:00
git-fast-import.txt Correct word usage of "timezone" in "Documentation" directory 2013-11-12 10:47:17 -08:00
git-fetch-pack.txt Merge branch 'tb/doc-fetch-pack-url' into maint 2013-12-17 11:34:24 -08:00
git-fetch.txt Merge branch 'fc/trivial' 2013-12-17 11:46:32 -08:00
git-filter-branch.txt Documentation: fix documentation AsciiDoc links for external urls 2014-02-20 14:14:58 -08:00
git-fmt-merge-msg.txt documentation: trivial style cleanups 2013-05-17 12:09:21 -07:00
git-for-each-ref.txt doc: remote author/documentation sections from more pages 2014-01-27 08:34:34 -08:00
git-format-patch.txt format-patch doc: Thunderbird wraps lines unless mailnews.wraplength=0 2013-10-14 16:20:01 -07:00
git-fsck-objects.txt
git-fsck.txt documentation: trivial style cleanups 2013-05-17 12:09:21 -07:00
git-gc.txt gc --aggressive: make --depth configurable 2014-03-31 10:26:24 -07:00
git-get-tar-commit-id.txt
git-grep.txt Merge branch 'mg/more-textconv' 2013-10-23 13:21:31 -07:00
git-gui.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-hash-object.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-help.txt doc: include --guide option description for "git help" 2013-04-03 07:43:29 -07:00
git-http-backend.txt Merge commit 'doc/http-backend: missing accent grave in literal mark-up' 2014-04-09 11:45:04 -07:00
git-http-fetch.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-http-push.txt
git-imap-send.txt
git-index-pack.txt clone: open a shortcut for connectivity check 2013-05-28 08:07:20 -07:00
git-init-db.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-init.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-instaweb.txt
git-log.txt Merge branch 'jj/log-doc' into maint 2013-12-17 11:35:41 -08:00
git-ls-files.txt The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1" 2013-04-15 11:08:37 -07:00
git-ls-remote.txt ls-remote doc: don't encourage use of branches-file 2013-06-23 00:33:58 -07:00
git-ls-tree.txt
git-mailinfo.txt documentation: trivial style cleanups 2013-05-17 12:09:21 -07:00
git-mailsplit.txt
git-merge-base.txt merge-base: teach "--fork-point" mode 2013-10-29 13:06:08 -07:00
git-merge-file.txt Documentation/git-merge-file: document option "--diff3" 2013-08-09 14:19:59 -07:00
git-merge-index.txt The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1" 2013-04-15 11:08:37 -07:00
git-merge-one-file.txt
git-merge-tree.txt use 'tree-ish' instead of 'treeish' 2013-09-04 15:02:56 -07:00
git-merge.txt parse-options: multi-word argh should use dash to separate words 2014-03-24 10:43:34 -07:00
git-mergetool--lib.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-mergetool.txt documentation: trivial style cleanups 2013-05-17 12:09:21 -07:00
git-mktag.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-mktree.txt
git-mv.txt mv: better document side effects when moving a submodule 2014-01-07 14:33:04 -08:00
git-name-rev.txt use 'commit-ish' instead of 'committish' 2013-09-04 15:03:03 -07:00
git-notes.txt parse-options: multi-word argh should use dash to separate words 2014-03-24 10:43:34 -07:00
git-p4.txt git p4 doc: use two-line style for options with multiple spellings 2014-01-22 08:06:20 -08:00
git-pack-objects.txt upload-pack: send shallow info over stdin to pack-objects 2014-03-11 13:32:10 -07:00
git-pack-redundant.txt
git-pack-refs.txt Documentation: remove --prune from pack-refs examples 2013-07-18 16:23:46 -07:00
git-parse-remote.txt
git-patch-id.txt The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1" 2013-04-15 11:08:37 -07:00
git-prune-packed.txt git-prune-packed.txt: fix reference to GIT_OBJECT_DIRECTORY 2013-10-15 16:01:22 -07:00
git-prune.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
git-pull.txt docs: clarify "preserve" option wording for git-pull 2015-03-26 13:19:26 -07:00
git-push.txt Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' 2014-04-08 12:00:28 -07:00
git-quiltimport.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-read-tree.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
git-rebase.txt docs: clarify what git-rebase's "-p" / "--preserve-merges" does 2015-03-30 13:44:29 -07:00
git-receive-pack.txt
git-reflog.txt Merge branch 'jc/prune-all' 2013-05-29 14:23:04 -07:00
git-relink.txt
git-remote-ext.txt doc: remote author/documentation sections from more pages 2014-01-27 08:34:34 -08:00
git-remote-fd.txt doc: remote author/documentation sections from more pages 2014-01-27 08:34:34 -08:00
git-remote-helpers.txto Rename {git- => git}remote-helpers.txt 2013-02-01 14:12:34 -08:00
git-remote-testgit.txt Merge branch 'jk/remote-helpers-doc' 2013-02-07 14:41:45 -08:00
git-remote.txt docs/git-remote: capitalize first word of initial blurb 2014-02-11 11:03:07 -08:00
git-repack.txt Merge branch 'jk/repack-pack-keep-objects' 2014-03-18 13:50:29 -07:00
git-replace.txt replace info: rename 'full' to 'long' and clarify in-code symbols 2013-12-30 12:33:11 -08:00
git-request-pull.txt request-pull: documentation updates 2014-03-13 14:22:20 -07:00
git-rerere.txt docs: stop using asciidoc no-inline-literal 2012-04-26 13:19:06 -07:00
git-reset.txt Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' 2014-04-08 12:00:28 -07:00
git-rev-list.txt rev-list: add bitmap mode to speed up object lists 2013-12-30 12:19:22 -08:00
git-rev-parse.txt Merge branch 'maint-1.9' into maint 2014-07-22 10:17:34 -07:00
git-revert.txt parse-options: multi-word argh should use dash to separate words 2014-03-24 10:43:34 -07:00
git-rm.txt rm: better document side effects when removing a submodule 2014-01-07 14:34:06 -08:00
git-send-email.txt send-email: be explicit with SSL certificate verification 2013-07-18 16:01:30 -07:00
git-send-pack.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-sh-i18n--envsubst.txt correct a few doubled-word nits in comments and documentation 2012-03-28 11:18:35 -07:00
git-sh-i18n.txt
git-sh-setup.txt Merge branch 'jc/reflog-doc' 2013-10-18 13:50:12 -07:00
git-shell.txt shell doc: remove stray "+" in example 2014-05-08 10:26:26 -07:00
git-shortlog.txt git-shortlog.txt: make SYNOPSIS match log, update OPTIONS 2013-04-21 23:11:02 -07:00
git-show-branch.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
git-show-index.txt The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1" 2013-04-15 11:08:37 -07:00
git-show-ref.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
git-show.txt Documentation/git-show.txt: include common diff options, like git-log.txt 2013-07-17 17:50:56 -07:00
git-stage.txt
git-stash.txt stash doc: mention short form -k in save description 2014-02-24 09:13:30 -08:00
git-status.txt Merge branch 'dw/doc-status-no-longer-shows-pound-prefix' 2014-03-31 16:30:52 -07:00
git-stripspace.txt Merge branch 'ta/doc-no-small-caps' 2013-02-05 16:13:32 -08:00
git-submodule.txt Merge branch 'mc/doc-submodule-sync-recurse' into maint 2014-07-10 11:08:31 -07:00
git-svn.txt t9117: use --prefix "" instead of --prefix="" 2014-04-23 09:42:28 -07:00
git-symbolic-ref.txt git symbolic-ref --delete $symref 2012-10-21 12:17:38 -07:00
git-tag.txt Merge branch 'maint-1.9' into maint-2.0 2014-10-07 13:40:39 -07:00
git-tools.txt doc: various spelling fixes 2013-04-12 12:00:52 -07:00
git-unpack-file.txt
git-unpack-objects.txt Merge branch 'vd/doc-unpack-objects' into maint 2013-11-07 14:37:36 -08:00
git-update-index.txt update-index: teach --cacheinfo a new syntax "mode,sha1,path" 2014-03-24 10:43:35 -07:00
git-update-ref.txt update-ref: support multiple simultaneous updates 2013-09-09 09:54:37 -07:00
git-update-server-info.txt
git-upload-archive.txt add uploadarchive.allowUnreachable option 2014-02-28 09:55:37 -08:00
git-upload-pack.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-var.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
git-verify-pack.txt The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1" 2013-04-15 11:08:37 -07:00
git-verify-tag.txt The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1" 2013-04-15 11:08:37 -07:00
git-web--browse.txt web--browse: Add support for xdg-open 2013-10-30 13:54:15 -07:00
git-whatchanged.txt whatchanged: document its historical nature 2013-08-13 09:01:54 -07:00
git-write-tree.txt
git.txt Git 2.0.5 2014-12-17 11:30:46 -08:00
gitattributes.txt gitattributes: document more clearly where macros are allowed 2014-01-14 13:56:56 -08:00
gitcli.txt Merge branch 'ow/manpages-typofix' 2014-02-07 11:55:12 -08:00
gitcore-tutorial.txt Documentation: fix documentation AsciiDoc links for external urls 2014-02-20 14:14:58 -08:00
gitcredentials.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
gitcvs-migration.txt Documentation: fix documentation AsciiDoc links for external urls 2014-02-20 14:14:58 -08:00
gitdiffcore.txt diffcore-pickaxe doc: document -S and -G properly 2013-06-03 10:53:11 -07:00
gitglossary.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
githooks.txt Documentation: fix typos in man pages 2014-02-05 14:35:45 -08:00
gitignore.txt Merge branch 'nd/gitignore-trailing-whitespace' 2014-03-14 14:23:37 -07:00
gitk.txt Documentation/gitk: document the location of the configulation file 2014-03-20 10:59:55 -07:00
gitmodules.txt status/commit: show staged submodules regardless of ignore config 2014-04-07 10:32:20 -07:00
gitnamespaces.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
gitremote-helpers.txt Merge branch 'fc/transport-helper-fixes' 2014-03-18 13:49:33 -07:00
gitrepository-layout.txt docs: mark info/grafts as outdated 2014-03-05 12:24:01 -08:00
gitrevisions.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
gittutorial-2.txt The name of the hash function is "SHA-1", not "SHA1" 2013-04-15 11:08:37 -07:00
gittutorial.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
gitweb.conf.txt Merge branch 'ow/manpages-typofix' 2014-02-07 11:55:12 -08:00
gitweb.txt Documentation: fix documentation AsciiDoc links for external urls 2014-02-20 14:14:58 -08:00
gitworkflows.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
glossary-content.txt Documentation: wording fixes in the user manual and glossary 2014-05-28 10:40:06 -07:00
howto-index.sh howto-index.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitution 2014-04-17 11:14:57 -07:00
i18n.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
install-doc-quick.sh
install-webdoc.sh install-webdoc.sh: use the $( ... ) construct for command substitution 2014-04-17 11:14:58 -07:00
line-range-format.txt line-range: teach -L^:RE to search from start of file 2013-08-06 14:48:02 -07:00
mailmap.txt Merge branch 'jk/mailmap-from-blob' 2013-01-05 23:41:42 -08:00
Makefile Documentation: make it easier to maintain enumerated documents 2014-01-27 09:04:32 -08:00
manpage-1.72.xsl
manpage-base-url.xsl.in
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manpage-bold-literal.xsl
manpage-normal.xsl
manpage-quote-apos.xsl
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merge-config.txt Merge branch 'da/mergetool-docs' 2013-02-07 14:42:16 -08:00
merge-options.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
merge-strategies.txt Merge branch 'rr/doc-merge-strategies' into maint 2014-04-03 13:39:03 -07:00
pretty-formats.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
pretty-options.txt Documentation: fix misuses of "nor" 2014-03-31 15:16:22 -07:00
pull-fetch-param.txt fetch: opportunistically update tracking refs 2013-05-12 15:23:48 -07:00
rev-list-options.txt Merge branch 'jl/nor-or-nand-and' 2014-04-08 12:00:28 -07:00
revisions.txt Documentation: @{-N} can refer to a commit 2014-01-21 13:50:00 -08:00
sequencer.txt
SubmittingPatches Merge branch 'rs/doc-submitting-patches' into maint 2013-12-17 11:38:23 -08:00
urls-remotes.txt Documentation: the name of the system is 'Git', not 'git' 2013-02-01 13:53:33 -08:00
urls.txt Merge branch 'ft/doc-git-transport' into maint 2013-07-21 22:51:24 -07:00
user-manual.conf docs: monospace listings in docbook output 2012-08-07 14:30:52 -07:00
user-manual.txt Documentation: wording fixes in the user manual and glossary 2014-05-28 10:40:06 -07:00