Rebasing

Rebasing means changing the old base of the branch to a new one built on the top of the master/main branch. It also allows you to change individual commits.
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Command
Description
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git rebase [new-base]
Change the old base to the [new-base] (include all changes that were done in the main branch or a commit ID). It is similar to merge, but this will include all commits history.
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git rebase -i main
Option -i means interactive. This lets you edit the list of commits that are about to be rebased. You can condense two commits in one - use squash or edit to make some amendments - this basically pauses the rebase. For example, you can add your change to staging and next to include it in your edit commit use git commit --amend to replace the commit message. 
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git rebase --continue
This is the last step to do after the command above.
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git rebase --abort
When you are in the middle of rebasing and you are not sure if you should continue, you can use --abort flag to discard changes and start from scratch.
Example
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// Start rebase, to add changes from the development branch (make sure to pull it first and back-up your feature branch):
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git rebase development
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# if there are any conflicts - fix them and save the file, next add your changes with:
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git add .
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# continue rebase
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git rebase --continue
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# after successful rebase push your changes with force, two options here:
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# 1. Force with lease - recommended option - this prevents overwriting commits somene has pushed up in the meanitme
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git push --force-with-lease
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# 2. Just force
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git push --force
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