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From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: Renaming "git rebase --onto"
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:03:19 -0700
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Jonathon Mah wrote:

> Personally, I understand =E2=80=9Cgit-rebase --onto new-base old-base=
=E2=80=9D as
> meaning =E2=80=9Crebase from old-base to new-base=E2=80=9D. Some prep=
ositions that
> might make this clearer:
>
> $ git rebase --from old-base new-base  # =E2=80=9CRebase HEAD onto ne=
w-base, from old-base"

Would having an option name for the old-base argument help?

=46or example:

	git rebase --old-base=3D<old-base> --onto=3D<new-base> <branch>

?

Thanks,
Jonathan