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Git rebase vs merge vs squash: which to use, and how to undo a bad rebase

Merge keeps the story, rebase tidies it, squash flattens it. Here are plain decision rules, the one thing you must never rebase, and how the reflog gets your commits back, with AI coding agents in the mix.

Aliteq Team · 14h ago · 9 min