7 posts tagged with "merge"

The Confusion 😕​

Frontend Dev: "I just finished working on my frontend branch and want to merge it into main. Someone told me to use rebase, but when I ran git rebase main, it said 'Current branch frontend is up to date.' What does that mean? Should I use merge instead?"

Git Mentor: "Ah, this is one of the most confusing topics in Git! Let me show you the difference between fast-forward merge and rebase, and when to use each one. Your 'up to date' message actually tells us something important!"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I just successfully rebased my backend branch onto main with 18 commits. So now my main branch has all my backend changes, right?"

Git Mentor: "Actually... no! Your backend branch is updated, but main still doesn't have your changes!"

Backend Dev: "WHAT?! But I thought rebase puts my commits on top of main? Isn't that the same thing?"

Git Mentor: "Ah! This is one of the most common misunderstandings about Git! Let me show you exactly what happened and why main still doesn't have your changes!"

The Problem 😕​

Backend Dev: "I want to merge my frontend branch into main, but when I try git checkout main, Git says 'fatal: main is already checked out at ../EcommerceWebsite3-backend'. I can't checkout main because it's being used in my backend worktree!"

Frontend Mentor: "Ah! This is a perfect situation to use one of Git's hidden superpowers - pushing to a local branch without checking it out!"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I'm looking at my Git history and I see that frontend branch has 13 commits that aren't on main, and main has 1 commit that frontend doesn't have. My mentor says I need to rebase. But... why? Why can't I just merge?"

Frontend Mentor: "Excellent question! This is where understanding the LOGIC of rebase becomes crucial. Let me show you exactly why rebase is necessary in this situation."

The Journey Begins 🚀​

Backend Dev: "I just completed my first successful rebase and merge! Let me show you what I learned along the way."

Frontend Mentor: "This is perfect! Let's walk through exactly what happened so others can learn from your success!"

The Confusion 😕​

Backend Dev: "I don't understand why we have Phase 2 in rebasing. I thought it would be as simple as running a merge command. But in rebase, I think we do merge command too? Why the extra step?"

Frontend Mentor: "Ah! This is one of the most common confusions about Git rebase. Let me show you what's really happening under the hood."

Three ways to integrate changes in Git. Each creates a different history. Here's when to use which.