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/
next prev parent 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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