Just for reference, the following git settings might be helpful:
git config --global --bool pull.rebase true
git config --global merge.ff only
There is also a way to enforce that master does not use merge commits
using a server-side Git hook from Nestoria (a Perl shop!)
<http://devblog.nestoria.com/post/98892582763/maintaining-a-consistent-linear-history-for-git>.
See more at
<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13846300/how-to-make-git-pull-use-rebase-by-default-for-all-my-repositories>.
Regards,
- Zaki Mughal
On 2015-03-09 at 15:41:18 -0500, Zakariyya Mughal wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I wanted to write out a short explanation of rebasing feature branches.
> Many projects prefer to use git rebasing when incorporating changes from
> branches because it helps keep history easy to read (i.e., linear).
>
> I have a feature branch that fixes the bug [SF#332 "isn't numeric in
> null operation" warning could be more helpful]. This is on the branch
> `pdl-eq-with-string-warning` <https://github.com/PDLPorters/pdl/pull/63>.
> Currently, the branch is 1 commit ahead and 2 commits behind master.
> This means that using `git merge --no-ff pdl-eq-with-string-warning`
> to merge into the master branch will not work.
>
> The following commands can be used to perform --no-ff merge in this
> situation.
>
> git fetch origin # get all branches
>
> git checkout pdl-eq-with-string-warning # switch to the
> pdl-eq-with-string-warning branch
>
> git rebase origin/master # put all commits of
> pdl-eq-with-string-warning on top of the current master commits
>
> git checkout master # switch back to the master
> branch
>
> git merge --no-ff pdl-eq-with-string-warning # merge feature branch into the
> master branch
>
> git push origin master # push the changes back to
> SourceForge
>
>
> For a description of merging versus rebasing, this page has examples
> with diagrams
> <https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/merging-vs-rebasing/workflow-walkthrough>.
>
> Regards,
> - Zaki Mughal
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