commit 2af6173593a21a43c9ee858646ac68d812039e12
from: Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
date: Wed Nov 03 22:13:50 2021 UTC

document new 'got rebase' behaviour when commits do not need to be rebased

commit - 3d42b2660156bfd71df40d11a996d7bf233ed2a4
commit + 2af6173593a21a43c9ee858646ac68d812039e12
blob - f0a19759ff8cd6e32301a3956c93992b0687c7e2
blob + 750f06d5450155907dcc4f4cffcbf08a151dc559
--- got/got.1
+++ got/got.1
@@ -1816,6 +1816,15 @@ commands will refuse to run while a rebase operation i
 Other commands which manipulate the work tree may be used for
 conflict resolution purposes.
 .Pp
+If the specified
+.Ar branch
+is already based on the work tree's current branch then no commits
+need to be rebased and
+.Cm got rebase
+will simply switch the work tree to the specified
+.Ar branch
+and update files in the work tree accordingly.
+.Pp
 The options for
 .Cm got rebase
 are as follows: