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+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ remain the checked-out branch.
If the upstream branch already contains a change you have made (e.g.,
because you mailed a patch which was applied upstream), then that commit
will be skipped. For example, running `git rebase master` on the
-following history (in which A' and A introduce the same set of changes,
+following history (in which `A'` and `A` introduce the same set of changes,
but have different committer information):
------------
@@ -207,10 +207,10 @@ rebase.stat::
Whether to show a diffstat of what changed upstream since the last
rebase. False by default.
-rebase.autosquash::
+rebase.autoSquash::
If set to true enable '--autosquash' option by default.
-rebase.autostash::
+rebase.autoStash::
If set to true enable '--autostash' option by default.
OPTIONS
@@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ default is `--no-fork-point`, otherwise the default is `--fork-point`.
-p::
--preserve-merges::
- Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them.
+ Recreate merge commits instead of flattening the history by replaying
+ commits a merge commit introduces. Merge conflict resolutions or manual
+ amendments to merge commits are not preserved.
+
This uses the `--interactive` machinery internally, but combining it
with the `--interactive` option explicitly is generally not a good
@@ -414,7 +416,7 @@ squash/fixup series.
This option is only valid when the '--interactive' option is used.
+
If the '--autosquash' option is enabled by default using the
-configuration variable `rebase.autosquash`, this option can be
+configuration variable `rebase.autoSquash`, this option can be
used to override and disable this setting.
--[no-]autostash::