X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?p=dgit.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=git-debrebase.5.pod;h=439fd63b89b30155960ae5821c6f19ca3571b677;hp=e3ed30930b43c81d90556de5b747e092a04122bd;hb=df90a0804dbbbc8be02fcf86cdda6a47e9a16c64;hpb=d8d6dd2d86874c07d5238dd3112ae34ceaf41662

diff --git a/git-debrebase.5.pod b/git-debrebase.5.pod
index e3ed3093..439fd63b 100644
--- a/git-debrebase.5.pod
+++ b/git-debrebase.5.pod
@@ -378,8 +378,11 @@ from the interchange branch and no pseudomerge is needed.
 When ffq-prev is not present,
 C<refs/debrebase-last/B> records some ancestor of refs/B,
 (usually, the result of last stitch).
-This can be used to quickly determine whether refs/B
-is being maintained in git-debrebase form.
+This is used for status printing and some error error checks -
+especially for printing guesses what a problem is.
+To determine whether a branch is 
+is being maintained in git-debrebase form
+it is necessary to walk its history.
 
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