Glossary

Open source has a lot of jargon, and almost none of it is explained to you before people start using it. Here is what the words actually mean.

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{
  "term": "Rebase",
  "short": "Replaying your commits on top of somebody else's work.",
  "full": "A longer explanation, in plain English, of when you would do this and why.",
  "seeAlso": ["Merge", "Commit"]
}

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