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authorSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2018-09-03 21:28:39 -0700
committerSean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>2018-09-03 21:28:39 -0700
commitcc704da52293859135140d783697360b55ea34a5 (patch)
tree7ca5bdb2177cb05a798d4ac8d292057a2c3abcf1 /git-debrebase.1.pod
parent29176533eff12cd3e90e3a3ce60e59ec1077b2ac (diff)
parent80660b109ae671e5164c6738919f34db06719236 (diff)
Merge tag 'debian/6.11' into stretch-bpo
dgit release 6.11 for unstable (sid) [dgit] [dgit distro=debian] # gpg: Signature made Sun 26 Aug 2018 01:58:34 PM MST # gpg: using RSA key 559AE46C2D6B6D3265E7CBA1E3E3392348B50D39 # gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
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diff --git a/git-debrebase.1.pod b/git-debrebase.1.pod
index fe65674..1156825 100644
--- a/git-debrebase.1.pod
+++ b/git-debrebase.1.pod
@@ -95,16 +95,22 @@ If the branch is already laundered and stitched, does nothing.
=item git-debrebase prepush [--prose=<for commit message>]
+If the branch is unstitched,
+stitches it,
+consuming ffq-prev.
+
+This is a good command to run before pushing to a git server.
+You should consider using B<conclude> instead,
+because that launders the branch too.
+
=item git-debrebase stitch [--prose=<for commit message>]
Stitches the branch,
consuming ffq-prev.
-This is a good command to run before pushing to a git server.
If there is no ffq-prev, it is an error, unless --noop-ok.
-You should consider using B<conclude> instead,
-because that launders the branch too.
+You should consider using B<prepush> or B<conclude> instead.
=item git-debrebase scrap
@@ -416,6 +422,20 @@ and it should not be necessary.
=back
+=item git-debrebase forget-was-ever-debrebase
+
+Deletes the ffq-prev and debrebase-last refs
+associated with this branch,
+that git-debrebase and dgit use to determine
+whether this branch is managed by git-debrebase,
+and what previous head may need to be stitched back in.
+
+This can be useful if you were just playing with git-debrebase,
+and have used git-reset --hard to go back to a commit
+before your experiments.
+
+Do not use this if you expect to run git-debrebase on the branch again.
+
=back
=head1 OPTIONS
@@ -490,6 +510,20 @@ This is provided mostly for the benefit of the test suite.
Requests (more) debugging. May be repeated.
+=item --experimntal-merge-resolution
+
+Enable experimental code for handling general merges
+(see L<git-debrebase(5)/General merges>).
+
+This option may generate branch structures that
+require the use of this same option by other people.
+Also you may experience lossage of various kinds,
+including false error messages,
+references to nonexistent documentation,
+being handed an incomprehensible pile of
+multidimensional merge wreckage,
+and/or possible mangling of your package's source code.
+
=back
=head1 UNSTITCHING AND LAUNDERING