diff -r 09680349cc2d -r 4edd427f34c1 tests/test-rebase-emptycommit.t
--- a/tests/test-rebase-emptycommit.t	Fri Dec 07 14:17:09 2018 -0800
+++ b/tests/test-rebase-emptycommit.t	Fri Dec 07 14:23:17 2018 -0800
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
 
   $ hg rebase -r 3+4 -d E --keep
   rebasing 3:e7b3f00ed42e "D" (BOOK-D)
-  note: rebase of 3:e7b3f00ed42e "D" (BOOK-D) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 3:e7b3f00ed42e "D" (BOOK-D), its destination already has all its changes
   rebasing 4:69a34c08022a "E" (BOOK-E)
-  note: rebase of 4:69a34c08022a "E" (BOOK-E) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 4:69a34c08022a "E" (BOOK-E), its destination already has all its changes
   $ hg log -G -T '{rev} {desc} {bookmarks}'
   o  7 E BOOK-D BOOK-E
   |
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@
   $ hg rebase -s 2 -d E
   rebasing 2:dc0947a82db8 "C" (BOOK-C C)
   rebasing 3:e7b3f00ed42e "D" (BOOK-D)
-  note: rebase of 3:e7b3f00ed42e "D" (BOOK-D) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 3:e7b3f00ed42e "D" (BOOK-D), its destination already has all its changes
   rebasing 4:69a34c08022a "E" (BOOK-E)
-  note: rebase of 4:69a34c08022a "E" (BOOK-E) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 4:69a34c08022a "E" (BOOK-E), its destination already has all its changes
   rebasing 5:6b2aeab91270 "F" (BOOK-F F)
   saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/non-merge/.hg/strip-backup/dc0947a82db8-52bb4973-rebase.hg
   $ hg log -G -T '{rev} {desc} {bookmarks}'
@@ -131,11 +131,11 @@
 
   $ hg rebase -r '(A::)-(B::)-A' -d H
   rebasing 2:dc0947a82db8 "C" (BOOK-C)
-  note: rebase of 2:dc0947a82db8 "C" (BOOK-C) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 2:dc0947a82db8 "C" (BOOK-C), its destination already has all its changes
   rebasing 3:b18e25de2cf5 "D" (BOOK-D)
-  note: rebase of 3:b18e25de2cf5 "D" (BOOK-D) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 3:b18e25de2cf5 "D" (BOOK-D), its destination already has all its changes
   rebasing 4:86a1f6686812 "E" (BOOK-E E)
-  note: rebase of 4:86a1f6686812 "E" (BOOK-E E) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 4:86a1f6686812 "E" (BOOK-E E), its destination already has all its changes
   saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/merge1/.hg/strip-backup/b18e25de2cf5-1fd0a4ba-rebase.hg
 
   $ hg log -G -T '{rev} {desc} {bookmarks}'
@@ -180,11 +180,11 @@
 
   $ hg rebase -r '(A::)-(B::)-A' -d H
   rebasing 2:dc0947a82db8 "C" (BOOK-C)
-  note: rebase of 2:dc0947a82db8 "C" (BOOK-C) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 2:dc0947a82db8 "C" (BOOK-C), its destination already has all its changes
   rebasing 3:b18e25de2cf5 "D" (BOOK-D D)
   rebasing 4:03ca77807e91 "E" (BOOK-E E)
   rebasing 5:ad6717a6a58e "F" (BOOK-F)
-  note: rebase of 5:ad6717a6a58e "F" (BOOK-F) created no changes to commit
+  note: not rebasing 5:ad6717a6a58e "F" (BOOK-F), its destination already has all its changes
   rebasing 6:c58e8bdac1f4 "G" (BOOK-G G)
   saved backup bundle to $TESTTMP/merge2/.hg/strip-backup/b18e25de2cf5-2d487005-rebase.hg