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"value": "\n <p>Since I posted about <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/daily\/2024\/05\/10\/optimise-for-revertability\">optimising for revertability<\/a>, I've received a few questions about how I avoid merge commits when working with Git.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is an extract from my <code>.config\/git\/.config<\/code> file:<\/p>\n\n<pre><code class=\"ini\">[merge]\n ff = \"only\"\n\n[pull]\n ff = \"only\"\n rebase = true\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n<p>This changes the behaviour of when I run <code>git pull<\/code> to always include <code>--rebase<\/code> by default and to only allow fast-forward merges and pulls.<\/p>\n\n<p>Only allowing fast-forward merges avoids merge commits as Git can just move the pointer for the branch to the latest commit.<\/p>\n\n<p>If I can't do a fast-forward merge, I need to rebase first to update everything and bring it up to date.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sometimes, when working in team, merge commits will still creep in sometimes and there are situations where you can only create a merge commit.<\/p>\n\n<p>In this situation, I can do <code>git merge --ff<\/code> to allow a merge commit temporarily, but this is the exception instead of the default.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>\n <p>Hint: there's a lot more information on the configuration and arguments if you run and read <code>man git-merge<\/code>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>When working with online tools such as GitHub and GitLab, I avoid any options like <code>Squash and merge<\/code> or <code>Create a merge commit<\/code> and will use rebase options, although I've seen where different commit IDs have been generated when merged in the UI, which is why I prefer to do merges locally.<\/p>\n\n<p>Or use <a href=\"http:\/\/localhost:8000\/daily\/2023\/06\/17\/avoid-git-merge-hell-with-trunk-based-development\">trunk-based development<\/a> and don't work on topic branches at all.<\/p>\n\n ",
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