This is for keeping your branch up to date and always having a PR / MR with only one commit. It is helpful if you use Oh-My-Zsh.

Squashing Your Branch#

Description Zsh Git
Checkout branch gco $branch_name git checkout $branch_name
Squash against master g rbim[1] git rebase -i HEAD~$(git rev-list --count master..);
Squash against another branch g rbi $branch_name[2] git rebase -i HEAD~$(git rev-list --count ${1}..);
Force push your branch ggfl git push --force-with-lease origin $current_branch

[#1] rbi = "!f() { git rebase -i HEAD~$(git rev-list --count master..); }; f"

[#2] rbi = "!f() { git rebase -i HEAD~$(git rev-list --count ${1}..); }; f"

Update From Master#

Time passes, commits get merged to master. You need to update your branch.

Assuming you are currently in $branch_name,

Description Zsh Git
Checkout master gcm git checkout master
Pull gl git pull
Checkout branch gco @{-1} [3] git checkout @{-1}
Rebase from master grbm git rebase master
Handle conflicts, test, etc.
Force push $current_branch to remote ggfl git push --force-with-lease origin $current_branch

[#3] references the most recent branch, $branch_name

Push to Master#

Checkout master, merge feature branch into master, push master

Description Zsh Git
Checkout master gcm git checkout master
Merge feature branch into master gm $feature_branch git merge $feature_branch
Push master ggp git push origin master

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