Re: Feature request: --preserve-merges to add "exec git merge ..." instead of "pick ..."

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Andreas Hennings <andreas@dqxtech.net> writes:

> This means we need a rebase operation where:
> - The commits of the acceptance branch itself are being replaced.
> - The commits of the feature branches remain as they are.
>
> A "git rebase --preserve-merges" almost does this, but not really.

This wished-for feature sounds to me more like the "first-parent"
mode that has been discussed a few times in the past but never
materialized.

The preserve-merges mode is getting abandoned by the original author
as unsalvageable.  Have you tried the rebase-merges mode?  That may
let you choose replaying only the merge commits on the acceptance
branch without touching the tips of the feature branches getting
merged.