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Backup Branch Before Rebase

🗓️ Published: 4/15/2026 Originally on X: 12/11/2022
Backup Branch Before Rebase

Before doing a tricky rebase, create a backup of your current branch:

git branch <my-branch>-bak

This creates another reference to the current branch tip without switching to it.

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