X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/a982b9cf193445dccec0e9ba87eeed324825c2cc..80b244d857584c7cc4092e00265b62568c2a681e:/doc/tips/spam_and_softwaresites.mdwn diff --git a/doc/tips/spam_and_softwaresites.mdwn b/doc/tips/spam_and_softwaresites.mdwn index fe73518ef..a07889e6b 100644 --- a/doc/tips/spam_and_softwaresites.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/spam_and_softwaresites.mdwn @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ branch. If there is, see 'erase spam from the commit history', below, first. Once you are confident it's clean: - # ensure you are on the doc branch + # ensure you are on the master branch $ git branch doc * master @@ -82,5 +82,6 @@ Caveat: if there are no commits you want to keep (i.e. all the commits since the last merge into master are either spam or spam reverts) then `git rebase` will abort. Therefore, this approach only works if you have at least one non-spam commit to the documentation since the last merge into `master`. For -this reason, it's best to tackle spam with reverts until you have at least one -commit you want merged back into the main history. +this reason, it's best to wait until you have at least one +commit you want merged back into the main history before doing a rebase, +and until then, tackle spam with reverts.