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This command rotates the image, but the image boundaries are after rotation not identical with the layer boundary. Observed in version 6.8.3 and 6.8.4, both version Windows x32 and x64.
Rotate to another format (I tested .jpg and .gif) works without layer moving.
Old version 6.6.4 works without any problems, other versions I do not know.
Okay rotate does seem to be working correct. Though it does seem to try and preserve the images virtual offset for a rotation of the image about the image's 'center' point. That means the a typical image may end up with a negative offset.
This can be good (for image layering) and back (when not image layering) but the solution
In that it is equivalent to
-virtual-pixel background +distort SRT {angle}