doc: git rebase: clarify arguments syntax
Remove duplicate explanation of `git rebase <upstream> <branch>` which is already explained above. Signed-off-by: Julia Evans <julia@jvns.ca> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Julia Evans committed
Aug 23, 2025 at 00:43 UTC
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@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ one of these things:
git rebase --skip
-If `<branch>` is specified, `git rebase` will perform an automatic
-`git switch <branch>` before doing anything else. Otherwise
-it remains on the current branch.
-
-If `<upstream>` is not specified, the upstream configured in
+If you don't specify an `<upstream>` to rebase onto, the upstream configured in
`branch.<name>.remote` and `branch.<name>.merge` options will be used (see
linkgit:git-config[1] for details) and the `--fork-point` option is
assumed. If you are currently not on any branch or if the current