Git Rebase Onto Main (Full Guide, No Fluff)
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You want to bring your feature branch up to date with the latest main
, but you don’t want messy merge commits.
The solution: rebase.
Rebase reapplies your local commits on top of the latest main
from remote. It keeps your commit history clean, linear, and easy to read — especially when preparing a pull request.