git-advanced-workflows

Interactive rebase lets you reorder, edit, squash, or drop commits to create a clean history. Run git rebase -i main to start editing commits interactively before merging to your target branch.

Git bisect uses binary search to identify the exact commit that broke your code. Start with git bisect start, mark the current state as bad, specify a known good commit, and bisect guides you through testing until the culprit is found.

Git worktrees let you check out multiple branches simultaneously in separate directories without a dirty working tree. Use git worktree add ../feature-branch feature/branch to work on another branch while keeping your current work intact.

Cherry-picking lets you port specific commits across branches to backport fixes or features. Run git cherry-pick <commit-hash> to apply an individual commit to your current branch without merging the entire source branch.

Git reflog tracks all branch movements and commits, even deleted ones. Use git reflog to view your history and recover lost commits or restore branches after mistakes by checking out the commit hash.

Interactive rebase cleans up your current branch's history before sharing it; cherry-pick selectively copies specific commits to another branch. Use rebase for local history refinement and cherry-pick to port individual changes across branches.