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What is the difference between Git Rebase and Merge?

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Christian Jackson

Christian Jackson

Christian Jackson
Christian Jackson, Content Developer, Austin

Answered Sep 11, 2019

You should first know what GIT is if you have never heard about this before. This is a distributed control system. This is a type of tool that can be used to coordinate the kind of work that people do in the system. There are times when there are some changes that will be made.

You should first know what GIT is if you have never heard about this before. This is a distributed
The GIT will make sure that everything is updated. Git will use a long history to make it easier to move one branch from one location to another location. Git merges, from its name, means that it will merge some branches if they are under the same category. Take note that this usually merges only two branches from the system at a time.

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J. Pollock

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J. Pollock
J. Pollock, Science Professor, Los Angeles

Answered Jul 31, 2019

Git is a distributed version control system, which is a tool for tracking changes made to a set of files or coordinating work overtime. It is often used by programmers to coordinate changes to the software source code, and it can be used to track any content. Merging is a typical practice in Git used to integrate changes from one branch to another.

Git is a distributed version control system, which is a tool for tracking changes made to a set of
Git merge is a command that commits changes to another location. A merge bonds two departments, although Git supports merging of three, four or more branches at the same time. Git rebase used to integrate another branch with the branch you are currently working. It keeps a linear commit history.

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C. Block, English Professor, M.A, Ph.D, Buffalo

Answered Jul 18, 2019

Rebase and merge are two ways to integrate changes in Git, which is a tool that tracks changes made to files and other works over time. Git is a version control system, and programs are the primary users of it. Git Rebase rewrites history in the master branch.

This is done when new commits are created in the source branch. Git merge preserves the history by merging contents of the source branch. The purpose of Git rebases to create a long history, that has no subsidiaries that are divergent. The use of the git merge is to join the branches together.

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