Merge branch 'rs/parse-options-with-keep-unknown-abbrev-fix'

[thirdparty/git.git] / Documentation / git-rebase.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
index 1dd6555f66b5543aa851a1b73d6ca5ec86a48d93..06206521fc322b04d6c874193d215e60d2368836 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-rebase.txt
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 +
 The commit list format can be changed by setting the configuration option
 rebase.instructionFormat.  A customized instruction format will automatically
-have the long commit hash prepended to the format.
+have the commit hash prepended to the format.
 +
 See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
 
@@ -626,13 +626,16 @@ See also INCOMPATIBLE OPTIONS below.
        Automatically reschedule `exec` commands that failed. This only makes
        sense in interactive mode (or when an `--exec` option was provided).
 +
-Even though this option applies once a rebase is started, it's set for
-the whole rebase at the start based on either the
-`rebase.rescheduleFailedExec` configuration (see linkgit:git-config[1]
-or "CONFIGURATION" below) or whether this option is
-provided. Otherwise an explicit `--no-reschedule-failed-exec` at the
-start would be overridden by the presence of
-`rebase.rescheduleFailedExec=true` configuration.
+This option applies once a rebase is started. It is preserved for the whole
+rebase based on, in order, the command line option provided to the initial `git
+rebase`, the `rebase.rescheduleFailedExec` configuration (see
+linkgit:git-config[1] or "CONFIGURATION" below), or it defaults to false.
++
+Recording this option for the whole rebase is a convenience feature. Otherwise
+an explicit `--no-reschedule-failed-exec` at the start would be overridden by
+the presence of a `rebase.rescheduleFailedExec=true` configuration when `git
+rebase --continue` is invoked. Currently, you cannot pass
+`--[no-]reschedule-failed-exec` to `git rebase --continue`.
 
 --update-refs::
 --no-update-refs::
@@ -963,10 +966,9 @@ The interactive rebase will stop when a command fails (i.e. exits with
 non-0 status) to give you an opportunity to fix the problem. You can
 continue with `git rebase --continue`.
 
-The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the one specified
-in `$SHELL`, or the default shell if `$SHELL` is not set), so you can
-use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command is run from
-the root of the working tree.
+The "exec" command launches the command in a shell (the default one, usually
+/bin/sh), so you can use shell features (like "cd", ">", ";" ...). The command
+is run from the root of the working tree.
 
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 $ git rebase -i --exec "make test"