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On 01/15/2015 03:04 PM, Cary Coutant wrote:
> But I've already pushed several commits onto the upstream branch.
> Everything I've read about git says don't rebase if you've already
> pushed your branch upstream.

That's if you've actually got multiple developers coordinating.

For solo development on branches, rebasing minimizes the state
difference between trunk and the branch, and so is quite handy
(essential?) for preparing to submit a patch set for review.


r~