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* en/rebase-consistency:
  rebase docs: fix incorrect format of the section Behavioral Differences
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gitster committed Dec 4, 2018
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BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES
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* empty commits:
There are some subtle differences how the backends behave.

am-based rebase will drop any "empty" commits, whether the
commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to
start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied
upstream in other commits).
Empty commits
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The am backend drops any "empty" commits, regardless of whether the
commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to
start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied
upstream in other commits).

merge-based rebase does the same.
The merge backend does the same.

interactive-based rebase will by default drop commits that
started empty and halt if it hits a commit that ended up empty.
The `--keep-empty` option exists for interactive rebases to allow
it to keep commits that started empty.
The interactive backend drops commits by default that
started empty and halts if it hits a commit that ended up empty.
The `--keep-empty` option exists for the interactive backend to allow
it to keep commits that started empty.

* directory rename detection:
Directory rename detection
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

merge-based and interactive-based rebases work fine with
directory rename detection. am-based rebases sometimes do not.
The merge and interactive backends work fine with
directory rename detection. The am backend sometimes does not.

include::merge-strategies.txt[]

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