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Insert a commit before the root commit in Git?

I’ve asked before about how to squash the first two commits in a git repository. While the solutions are rather interesting and not ...

May 20, 2022
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Choose Git merge strategy for specific files (“ours”, “mine”, “theirs”)

I am in the middle of rebasing after a git pull --rebase. I have a few files that have merge conflicts. How can ...

May 19, 2022
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How to fix “corrupted” interactive rebase?

I managed to create a little mess in my local git repository. I was trying to fix a broken commit by using the ...

May 16, 2022
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What is the difference between git pull and git fetch + git rebase?

Another question says that git pull is like a git fetch + git merge. But what is the difference between git pull and ...

May 15, 2022
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How do I git rebase the first commit?

I used git init to create a fresh repo, then made three commits. Now I want to rebase to go back and amend ...

May 14, 2022
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Edit the root commit in Git?

There’s ways to change the message from later commits: git commit --amend # for the most recent commit git rebase --interactive master~2 # ...

May 9, 2022
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What exactly does git’s “rebase –preserve-merges” do (and why?)

Git’s documentation for the rebase command is quite brief: --preserve-merges Instead of ignoring merges, try to recreate them. This uses the --interactive machinery ...

May 9, 2022
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git rebase: “error: cannot stat ‘file’: Permission denied”

I’m using git, and made a small commit followed by a large one. I decided to use git rebase to squash the two ...

May 9, 2022
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Rebase feature branch onto another feature branch

I have two (private) feature branches that I’m working on. a -- b -- c <-- Master \ \ \ d -- e ...

May 9, 2022
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How to get “their” changes in the middle of conflicting Git rebase?

I have conflicting branches, feature_x branched from main. Let’s say when rebasing feature_x on current main, while resolving conflicts, I decide to take ...

May 8, 2022
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