@@ -550,24 +550,28 @@ Other incompatible flag pairs:
550550BEHAVIORAL DIFFERENCES
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553- * empty commits:
553+ There are some subtle differences how the backends behave.
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555- am-based rebase will drop any "empty" commits, whether the
556- commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to
557- start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied
558- upstream in other commits).
555+ Empty commits
556+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
557+
558+ The am backend drops any "empty" commits, regardless of whether the
559+ commit started empty (had no changes relative to its parent to
560+ start with) or ended empty (all changes were already applied
561+ upstream in other commits).
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560- merge-based rebase does the same.
563+ The merge backend does the same.
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562- interactive-based rebase will by default drop commits that
563- started empty and halt if it hits a commit that ended up empty.
564- The `--keep-empty` option exists for interactive rebases to allow
565- it to keep commits that started empty.
565+ The interactive backend drops commits by default that
566+ started empty and halts if it hits a commit that ended up empty.
567+ The `--keep-empty` option exists for the interactive backend to allow
568+ it to keep commits that started empty.
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567- * directory rename detection:
570+ Directory rename detection
571+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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569- merge-based and interactive-based rebases work fine with
570- directory rename detection. am-based rebases sometimes do not.
573+ The merge and interactive backends work fine with
574+ directory rename detection. The am backend sometimes does not.
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572576include::merge-strategies.txt[]
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