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Handling Extensive Commit Histories and Merge Conflicts

When the commit history is extensive, and there are multiple merge conflicts to address, it is advisable to do the rebasing work on a separate branch to ensure the changes are safe and verified. You can follow these steps:

  1. Create a New Branch for Rebasing

    git checkout -b feat/your-branch-name-rebase-1
  2. Perform the Rebase

    git rebase origin/target-branch
  3. Verify the Contents After rebasing, use git diff to verify the differences between the original branch and the newly rebased branch:

    git diff feat/your-branch-name feat/your-branch-name-rebase-1 <filename>

    This helps you confirm that the intended changes are correct and no unintended changes were introduced.