From 134858eaf9df5e8e6f03c67b40c8ce4cc119b41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Jackson Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2018 16:24:23 +0100 Subject: git-debrebase(1),(5): More changes from conversation with Sean Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson --- git-debrebase.1.pod | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'git-debrebase.1.pod') diff --git a/git-debrebase.1.pod b/git-debrebase.1.pod index 9140702..7e12624 100644 --- a/git-debrebase.1.pod +++ b/git-debrebase.1.pod @@ -17,8 +17,11 @@ This is the command line reference. Please read the tutorial L. For background, theory of operation, -and definitions of the terms used here, -see L. +and definitions see L. + +You should read this manpage in conjunction with +L, +which defines many important terms used here. =head1 PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS @@ -299,14 +302,15 @@ in the text for the relvant operation. =item --anchor= -Treats as an anchor, -regardless of what it's actually like. +Treats as an anchor. +This overrides the usual automatic commit classification logic. -(It is a problem for -git-debrebase new-upstream operations -if is the previous anchor to be used, -because treating an arbitrary commit as an anchor -means forgoing upstream coherency checks.) +It also disables some coherency checks +which depend on metadata extracted from its commit message, +so +it is a problem if is the anchor +for the previous upstream version in +git-debrebase new-upstream operations. =item -D -- cgit v1.2.3