Managing feature branches changes that aren't quite ready for a full merge can be a difficult task. Sometimes you don't want to push a whole branch into another, and only need to pick a few specific commits. This process is called cherry-picking.

Tags are a simple aspect of Git, they allow you to identify specific release versions of your code. You can think of a tag as a branch that doesn't change. Once it is created, it loses the ability to change the history of commits.

Git merge and rebase serve the same purpose – they combine multiple branches into one. Although the final goal is the same, those two methods achieve it in different ways. Which method to use?

Git toolbox provides multiple unique tools for fixing up mistakes during your development. Commands such as git reset, git checkout, and git revert allow you to undo erroneous changes in your repository. Because they perform similar operations, it is very easy to mix them up. There are a few guidelines

Imagine that you are working on a part of a project and it starts getting messy. There has been an urgent bug that needs your immediate attention. It is time to save your changes and switch branches. The problem is, you don’t want to do a commit of a

Isolating features into different branches is a crucial practice for any serious developer. By separating each feature, bugfix or working experiment you will avoid a lot of problems and keep your development branches clean. At some point, a piece of code will reach a state where you'll want to integrate

Several developers contribute to the same source code, and while some will be fixing bugs the others would be implementing new and different features. The problem raises, how to maintain different versions of the same code base? This is where the branch function shines!