"Julia Evans via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > * move "You can also use git rebase to reorder or combine commits:" to the > beginning > * replace "detailed description" with "simplified description" -- I thought > that I could write something that was relatively readable and also > accurate, but as usual Git has proven me wrong :). I tried to leave in > the details that I think seem relevant to using git: for example git > checkout --detach is relevant because it explains why git reflog works > well after a rebase. > * replace the git switch with git checkout that I'd missed previously > > I didn't use the git log --cherry-pick option in the explanation because I > had personally never heard of that option before today, and I don't want > people to have to read the git log man page to be able to understand the > explanation. I also left out --reapply-cherry-picks just because I don't > understand the use case so I couldn't evaluate how likely it is to be > relevant to the person reading. I agree with the above decision to leave unnecessary implementation details out, and I also agree with the decision to talk about rebasing done on the detached HEAD. I will find out if I agree with the remainder of details that are kept (and left out) later by reading the patches ;-) Thanks.
