git-advanced-workflows

Git interactive rebase lets you reorder, squash, reword, split, or drop commits to clean up branch history before merging. This process rewrites the timeline to ensure a logical, readable commit sequence for collaborative review.

Git cherry-pick is the best way to move specific commits between branches. This targeted change transfer applies individual commits or specific file changes across branches without merging the entire branch history.

Git bisect works by performing a binary search between a known good and known bad commit to isolate regressions. This bug investigation technique systematically checks out commits to identify the exact change that introduced the bug.

Yes, you can recover a deleted git branch or lost commit using git reflog. The reflog records local reference updates, allowing you to find and restore the detached commit hash to safely rebuild your lost branch state.

You should use git worktree for multi-branch development when you need to work on multiple branches simultaneously without stashing changes. It creates separate working directories linked to your main repository, enabling parallel branch management.

To safely force push after a git rebase, use the force-with-lease practice. This safe force-push preparation checks that the remote branch has no new upstream changes before overwriting, reducing collaboration risk when rewriting shared history.