GitButler: Fearless Rebasing
GitButler's new "Fearless Rebasing" feature in version 0.13 improves the rebasing process by allowing users to resolve merge conflicts at their convenience, enhancing flexibility and maintaining a clean project history.
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GitButler has introduced a new feature called "Fearless Rebasing," which enhances the rebasing process by addressing the common issue of merge conflicts. Traditionally, rebasing in Git can be cumbersome, often leading to multiple conflicts that halt progress. The new approach, inspired by the Jujutsu project at Google, allows users to handle conflicts more efficiently. Instead of stopping the rebase process when a conflict occurs, GitButler now partially applies non-conflicting changes and marks the problematic commits. This enables users to resolve conflicts at their convenience, without the pressure of completing them in a specific order. The updated workflow allows for a more flexible and user-friendly experience, encouraging users to embrace rebasing while maintaining a clean project history. The latest version of GitButler, 0.13, implements this feature, making it easier for users to manage their commits and resolve conflicts as they arise.
- GitButler's "Fearless Rebasing" simplifies the rebasing process by managing merge conflicts more effectively.
- Users can now resolve conflicts at their convenience, without being forced to address them in a specific order.
- The new feature allows for partial application of non-conflicting changes during a rebase.
- The update aims to encourage more users to adopt rebasing while maintaining a clean project history.
- GitButler version 0.13 introduces this user-friendly workflow for managing commits.
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- Users discuss the merits and drawbacks of rebasing versus merging, emphasizing that neither is inherently better and the choice depends on context.
- Some commenters share tips for improving the rebase experience, such as configuring Git's `rerere` feature.
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- Several users reference their experiences with rebasing, noting that its impact on their workflow has been minimal.
- Scott Chacon's credibility as an author and Git expert influences some users' willingness to try new tools like GitButler.
11 commentsI would like to comment on this:
> I have been asked countless times if it's better to merge or to rebase and while I never want to stir up a hornet's nest, I have always advocated merging over rebasing.
I've been involved in this discussion many times as well, and the correct answer is that one isn't inherently "better", and you shouldn't _always_ prefer one over the other. There are situations when a merge is preferable (e.g. to keep a branch in history), and others when a rebase is (e.g. to, well, _base_ some work on a specific commit). The choice of when to use either will depend on the author's or team's preference in each case, which is why it's given as an option in most web-based PR/MR workflows. Squashing is another task you don't want to always do either.
I partly blame this confusion on Git's UI, and on the baseless fears spread about rebasing for years, which many developers mistakenly absorbed. The amount of times I've heard that force-pushing after a rebase is "dangerous" is too high. No wonder people find it scary...
To me it's virtually zero in seven years but it might be due to the teams and projects I've been involved with.
[rerere]
enabled = true
autoupdate = true git rebase —ontoBut... have you seen who wrote this article?
Scott Chacon. If there's anyone in this world whose article would make me try a new git tool, it's him. He wrote the Pro Git book, Git Internals. Oh and cofounded GitHub. This is not argument from authority fallacy. This is "hey! this guy knows git like very very few others, it's worth listening to what he has to say".
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