Git Rebase

Definitions

1. A Git operation that moves or replays commits from one branch onto another base, creating a linear history without merge commits. Interactive rebase (git rebase -i) allows squashing, reordering, and editing commits. Cleaner than merge but rewrites history — never rebase commits that have been pushed to shared branches.

   In plain English: Moving your branch's commits to start from the latest main branch, creating a cleaner history without merge bubbles.

   Example: "Rebase your feature branch onto main before the PR — it makes the commit history clean and linear."

Related Terms

• Feature Branch
• Trunk-Based Development
• Git Stash
• Rebase
• Commit Squashing
• Git Flow Debate
• Branch Strategy
• Commit History
• GitHub Flow
• GitLab Flow