Git Glossary

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What is a rebase in Git?

In Git, the rebase command integrates changes from one branch into another. It is an alternative to the better known "merge" command.

Most visibly, rebase differs from merge by rewriting the commit history in order to produce a straight, linear succession of commits.

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