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:
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Create a New Branch for Rebasing
git checkout -b feat/your-branch-name-rebase-1 -
Perform the Rebase
git rebase origin/target-branch -
Verify the Contents After rebasing, use
git diffto 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.