Re: [git-users] what is the point of rebase?

2013-06-16 Thread Yawar Amin
Hi David, On 2013-06-13 14:12, David Gudeman wrote: > [...] > don't think); I'm confused about what the point is. As far as I can > tell, rebase is just the same as doing a merge and then throwing away > some history. Why throw away the history? All of the documentation I That's not what rebase

Re: [git-users] what is the point of rebase?

2013-06-16 Thread Philip Oakley
From: David Gudeman To: git-users@googlegroups.com Cc: Philip Oakley Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2013 11:31 PM Subject: Re: [git-users] what is the point of rebase? Thanks for taking the time for such a detailed reply, Philip, but everything you say seems to be true of merge as well so

Re: [git-users] what is the point of rebase?

2013-06-16 Thread David Gudeman
ne 13, 2013 12:31:07 PM UTC-7, Philip Oakley wrote: > > *From:* David Gdeman > *Sent:* Thursday, June 13, 2013 7:12 PM > *Subject:* [git-users] what is the point of rebase? > > I've been getting to know git recently as part of some work I needed to > do, and I love the ea

Re: [git-users] what is the point of rebase?

2013-06-13 Thread Philip Oakley
From: David Gudeman To: git-users@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2013 7:12 PM Subject: [git-users] what is the point of rebase? I've been getting to know git recently as part of some work I needed to do, and I love the easy branching and merging, but I have to admit

[git-users] what is the point of rebase?

2013-06-13 Thread David Gudeman
I've been getting to know git recently as part of some work I needed to do, and I love the easy branching and merging, but I have to admit that rebase is confusing me. I'm not confused about what it does (I don't think); I'm confused about what the point is. As far as I can tell, rebase is just