Thank you for sharing this link. Until now, I never understood properly how rebase and fast-forward merges work. This simple note in this document made it all c

Thank you for sharing this link. Until now, I never understood properly how rebase and fast-forward merges work. This simple note in this document made it all clear. "Beginners to this workflow should always remember that a Git branch is not a container of commits, but rather a lightweight moving pointer that points to a commit in the commit history. A---B---C ↑ (master) When a new commit is made in a branch, its branch pointer simply moves to point to the last commit in the branch. A---B---C---D ↑ (master) A branch is merely a pointer to the tip of a series of commits. With this little thing in mind, seemingly complex operations like rebase and fast-forward merges become easy to understand and use." Suddenly everything makes sense now!