git rebase explained
Side note
commits
What composes them?
Side note
commits
The tree object (hash of the commit's actual content)
Hash of the parent commit
Author name and timestamp of authoring
Commiter name and timestamp of commit
Commit message
A header
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commits
git rebase explained
commits
What are the consequences on the rebase?
git rebase explained
Reapply commits on top of another base tip
man git-rebase
Elementary my dear Watson?
git rebase explained
Notation
git rebase <target>
re-base the current branch on the top of target
What will be moved on top of <target> and what won't?
git rebase explained
Steps
Find all the commits in the current branch not in target
move the HEAD of the branch to target (reset)
Apply all the commits found in step 1 on top of the branch
git rebase explained
How does collaborative work with rebase?
git rebase explained
See more: rebase with merges