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What is additional "onto" button in TortoiseGit Rebase?

In TortoiseGit->Rebase window has these two selectors : enter image description here

What is the purpose of Onto selector, while in Upstream you already select the branch you are rebasing onto.

Solution

  • The onto option can be used to rebase some commits that are between the branch and the upsteam onto some other branch.

    Onto in the Git docs: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase#Documentation/git-rebase.txt---ontoltnewbasegt