How to rebase a Git branch onto another branch?

To rebase a Git branch onto another branch, you can follow these steps:

  1. Switch to the branch that you want to rebase onto:

    git checkout branch_to_rebase_onto
  2. Fetch the latest changes from the remote repository:

    git fetch
  3. Switch back to the branch that you want to rebase:

    git checkout branch_to_rebase
  4. Start the rebase command using the git rebase command followed by the branch you want to rebase onto:

    git rebase branch_to_rebase_onto
  5. Git will try to apply the changes from the branch you want to rebase onto, onto your current branch. In case of any conflicts, Git will notify you which files have conflicts. You will need to manually resolve the conflicts in each file.

  6. After resolving the conflicts in each file, you need to mark them as resolved with:

    git add <file1> <file2> ...
  7. Once all conflicts are resolved and staged, continue the rebase with:

    git rebase --continue
  8. If there are no further conflicts, the rebase will complete successfully. You can now push your rebased branch to the remote repository. However, if you encounter new conflicts, you would have to resolve them and repeat steps 6-8 until the rebase is successful.

It's important to note that rebasing rewrites the commit history of your branch, so you should only rebase a branch that hasn't been pushed to a remote repository if you are the only one working on it. Otherwise, you may cause confusion for other team members.