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> Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:06:42 +0000
> From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
> 
> Would somebody please tell me exactly what "rebase" means.

Typing "define:rebase" into Google brings this definition:

    To clean a branch by starting from the head of the main line of
    development ("master"), and reapply the (possibly cherry-picked)
    changes from that branch.