one of the things i've noticed about the examples in "man
git-rebase" is that they invariably show rebasing relative to a
branch point that has not moved. for example, there's this example:
o---o---o---o---o master
\
o---o---o---o---o next
\
o---o---o topic
with subsequent sample command:
$ git rebase --onto master next topic
sure, that works, but there seem to be no examples that show that this
is a valid starting point as well:
o---o---o---o---o master
\
o---o---o---o---o next
\
o---o---o topic
as in, the examples in that man page could potentially suggest to an
inexperienced reader that the *only* valid situations are rebasing as
long as the other branch has not developed any further. (yes, i
realize that, if you read carefully, it *should* make it clear, but i
think it would be helpful to at least graphically show that
happening.)
thoughts?
rday
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