README.md

git-rebase-example

Setup example project

# configure bash to echo commands
set -x

mkdir git-rebase-example
cd git-rebase-example
git init

echo "# git-rebase-example
" > README.md
git add README.md
git commit -m "Add README.md"

Create branch-A-B-C with three commits

git checkout -b branch-A-B-C

echo "A" > A.txt
git add A.txt
git commit -m "Add A.txt"

echo "B" > B.txt
git add B.txt
git commit -m "Add B.txt"

echo "C" > C.txt
git add C.txt
git commit -m "Add C.txt"

Switch back to master and create branch-D

git checkout master
git checkout -b branch-D

echo "D" > D.txt
git add D.txt
git commit -m "Add D.txt"

Switch back to master and create branch-E

git checkout master
git checkout -b branch-E

echo "E" > E.txt
git add E.txt
git commit -m "Add E.txt"

Switch back to master, empty readme an create branch-readme-conflict

git checkout master

git checkout -b readme

echo "" > README.md
git commit -a -m "Clean README.md"

git checkout -b readme-conflict

echo "This is the first line of the readme.

This line should produce a conflict.

This is the last line of the readme.
" > README.md

git commit -a -m "Changed README.md"

# Switch back to readme and change README.md
git checkout readme

echo "This is the first line of the readme.

Just one differing line can produce a conflict.

This is the last line of the readme.
" > README.md

git commit -a -m "Changed README.md"

Rewrite branches into linear history

git checkout branch-A-B-C
git rebase master

git checkout branch-D
git rebase branch-A-B-C

git checkout branch-E
git rebase branch-D

git checkout master
git merge branch-E

Clean rewrite setup

git checkout master
git reset --hard v0.1
git merge v0.2

git branch -D branch-A-B-C
git checkout branch-A-B-C

git branch -D branch-D
git checkout branch-D

git branch -D branch-E
git checkout branch-E

git branch -D readme
git checkout readme

git branch -D readme-conflict
git checkout readme-conflict