What exactly does a git pull --rebase does
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Solution
When you `git pull --rebase`, a few things happen:
`git fetch origin master`
-just using origin/master as an example
`git rebase origin/master`
- moves all of your commits after the commits on origin/master
At this point, you can now push to origin and your commits will be applied on top of all other commits cleanly.
Without the `--rebase` flag, you'd end up with a merge commit; one that has two parents: your master branch and the work on origin/master
Here are a few helpful resources:
- http://viget.com/extend/only-you-can-prevent-git-merge-commits
- http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/02/11/pull-with-rebase.html
Problem
What exactly happens when I run the command `git pull --rebase` on master branch Does this rewrite my master branch history Is it a good way to pull changes or should we ``` 1. Git fetch 2. Git merge ```