Dumb question about git

[Graham Fawcett]

On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:16:59 -0500, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
>
> If you make changes in a branch and want them on top of what's in
> master, then do
> 
> git-rebase master

While "git-rebase" may be available on your system, I think the typical 
spelling would be

  git rebase master

Graham


> in _the branch_ and then merge the branch into master. And if you're
> using github to do pull requests and the like, then don't merge into
> master all. Simply create the pull request from the branch. That way,
> master only ever gets updated when the main repository gets updated, and
> you always have a clean version which matches the main repository.
> 
> - Jonathan M Davis