Git Rebase
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On occassion you'll find that you've been working on a feature branch and you need to merge in changes from main. This could just be a final step before you push a series of commits to github before creating a PR.
These steps are similar to what the "Rebase and Merge" action does on github.
This guide will show you how to rebase (rebuild) a feature branch to begin at the current HEAD of the main branch. Think of it as if you are starting a new branch based on the current main and pasting all of your commits to the new branch.
Never rebase a branch that has already been pushed to a remote (public, eg. the main branch) repository, such as github; doing so will cause conflicts and confusion among your team.
git cli
Make sure all changes are committed to your feature branch
You will need to update your local main branch
> git checkout main
> git pull origin main
Go back to your feature branch
> git checkout feature-branch
Now we can rebase the feature branch onto main
git rebase main First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it... Applying: added staged command
Your commits will now show in the git log after the commits merged from main