From b2f82e05de2512ae4adb63b669f6c1fe6cba3148 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:48:01 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Teach rebase to rebase even if upstream is up to date

Normally, if the current branch is up to date, the rebase is aborted.
However, it may be desirable to allow rebasing even if the current
branch is up to date. When using the '--whitespace=fix' option -f is
implied.

Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 git-rebase.sh | 24 +++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
index 6d3eddbada..5d9a393c38 100755
--- a/git-rebase.sh
+++ b/git-rebase.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005 Junio C Hamano.
 #
 
-USAGE='[--interactive | -i] [-v] [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>|--root] [<branch>]'
+USAGE='[--interactive | -i] [-v] [--force-rebase | -f] [--onto <newbase>] [<upstream>|--root] [<branch>]'
 LONG_USAGE='git-rebase replaces <branch> with a new branch of the
 same name.  When the --onto option is provided the new branch starts
 out with a HEAD equal to <newbase>, otherwise it is equal to <upstream>
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ prec=4
 verbose=
 git_am_opt=
 rebase_root=
+force_rebase=
 
 continue_merge () {
 	test -n "$prev_head" || die "prev_head must be defined"
@@ -294,6 +295,11 @@ do
 		;;
 	--whitespace=*)
 		git_am_opt="$git_am_opt $1"
+		case "$1" in
+		--whitespace=fix|--whitespace=strip)
+			force_rebase=t
+			;;
+		esac
 		;;
 	-C*)
 		git_am_opt="$git_am_opt $1"
@@ -301,6 +307,9 @@ do
 	--root)
 		rebase_root=t
 		;;
+	-f|--f|--fo|--for|--forc|force|--force-r|--force-re|--force-reb|--force-reba|--force_rebas|--force-rebase)
+		force_rebase=t
+		;;
 	-*)
 		usage
 		;;
@@ -419,10 +428,15 @@ if test "$upstream" = "$onto" && test "$mb" = "$onto" &&
 	# linear history?
 	! (git rev-list --parents "$onto".."$branch" | grep " .* ") > /dev/null
 then
-	# Lazily switch to the target branch if needed...
-	test -z "$switch_to" || git checkout "$switch_to"
-	echo >&2 "Current branch $branch_name is up to date."
-	exit 0
+	if test -z "$force_rebase"
+	then
+		# Lazily switch to the target branch if needed...
+		test -z "$switch_to" || git checkout "$switch_to"
+		echo >&2 "Current branch $branch_name is up to date."
+		exit 0
+	else
+		echo "Current branch $branch_name is up to date, rebase forced."
+	fi
 fi
 
 if test -n "$verbose"