Version Control Development Tutorials, Guides & Insights

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Rebasing is a way to integrate changes from one branch into another. Unlike merge, which creates a new commit to combine the histories of the two branches, rebase moves or combines a sequence of commits to a new base commit. This can help keep your commit history linear and more readable.

# Rebase the current branch onto another branch
git rebase <branch>

# Rebase interactively, allowing you to squash, reword, or drop commits
git rebase -i <branch>

# Continue rebase after resolving conflicts
git rebase --continue

# Skip the current commit during a rebase
git rebase --skip

# Abort a rebase and return to the original branch state
git rebase --abort

Git is an essential tool for developers, providing version control and facilitating collaboration on projects. However, managing repetitive Git tasks can become time-consuming and prone to mistakes, especially when working on multiple branches or repositories. By automating these tasks with Bash scripts, you can save time, ensure consistency, and avoid errors in your Git workflows. In this tutorial, we'll explore how to create Bash scripts to automate common Git tasks, from setting up new repositories to managing branches and committing changes.

Before diving into automating Git workflows, it’s important to understand some basics of Bash scripting. Bash scripts are text files containing a series of commands that the Bash shell executes. These scripts can automate tasks and can be executed from the command line.