From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) Subject: what is "rebase"? Date: 19 Nov 2005 15:25:14 -0800 Message-ID: <86fyps8bl1.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Nov 20 00:26:26 2005 Return-path: Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Edc5c-00008u-OE for gcvg-git@gmane.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:25:49 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751047AbVKSXZV (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:25:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751049AbVKSXZU (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:25:20 -0500 Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([209.223.236.162]:51326 "EHLO blue.stonehenge.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751009AbVKSXZU (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Nov 2005 18:25:20 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B464D8F364 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:25:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from blue.stonehenge.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (blue.stonehenge.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 26737-01 for ; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:25:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by blue.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EB6D08F366; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:25:14 -0800 (PST) To: git@vger.kernel.org x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.12.14.11; tzolkin = 2 Chuen; haab = 9 Ceh User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Can someone point me to a simple explanation of what "rebase" is? The git-rebase manpage doesn't define the word, or provide an example of its use. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!