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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Matthew Brett <matthew.brett@gmail.com>,
	Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	Reuben Thomas <rrt@sc3d.org>
Subject: Re: Advice on edits to git-rebase man page
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2015 22:20:55 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpq1tm412dk.fsf@anie.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqa90smbhu.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Thu, 05 Feb 2015 10:58:21 -0800")

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

> Perhaps something like this instead?
>
>     git-rebase - Rebuild a branch on top of a different commit

I would say "Replay history on top of a different commit" instead.
"Rebuild" may be misleading (it's not "build" as in "compile & link"),
and the rebased history does not technically have to be a branch.

But both are far better than what we have IMHO.

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

  reply	other threads:[~2015-02-05 21:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-02-04 20:21 Advice on edits to git-rebase man page Matthew Brett
2015-02-05 10:44 ` Matthieu Moy
2015-02-05 18:58   ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-05 21:20     ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2015-02-05 21:29       ` Junio C Hamano
2015-02-18 18:59     ` Matthew Brett
2015-02-23 18:24       ` Matthew Brett

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