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doc: improve readability of --rebase-merges in git-rebase

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When --preserve-merges was deprecated in 427c3bd28a a sentence
was introduced describing the difference between --rebase-merges and
--preserve-merges which is a little unclear and difficult to parse.
This patch improves readability while retaining original meaning.

Signed-off-by: Naveen Nathan <naveen@lastninja.net>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Naveen Nathan 2019-11-12 10:21:37 +11:00 committed by Junio C Hamano
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@ -443,8 +443,8 @@ the `rebase-cousins` mode is turned on, such commits are instead rebased
onto `<upstream>` (or `<onto>`, if specified).
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The `--rebase-merges` mode is similar in spirit to the deprecated
`--preserve-merges`, but in contrast to that option works well in interactive
rebases: commits can be reordered, inserted and dropped at will.
`--preserve-merges` but works with interactive rebases,
where commits can be reordered, inserted and dropped at will.
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It is currently only possible to recreate the merge commits using the
`recursive` merge strategy; Different merge strategies can be used only via