AI engineering glossary · Command line Git

What is rebase?

Rebase: Replaying your branch's commits on top of another branch's latest commit, producing new commits with a straight-line history. It tidies history but rewrites it, so it should not be applied to commits others already use.

Level: advancedTopic: Command line Git

Rebase: an example

git rebase main on a feature branch puts your commits after the newest main commits.

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Where you learn it

Rebase is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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