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ProductRebase and merge pull requestsThe merge button on pull requests supports two great workflows with merge commits and commit squashing. Now you can use the merge button to rebase and merge your changes, too.… The merge button on pull requests supports two great workflows with merge commits and commit squashing. Now you can use the merge button to rebase and merge your changes, too. How does i

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ProductChange the base branch of a Pull RequestYou can now change the base branch of an open pull request. After you’ve created a pull request, you can modify the base branch so that the changes in the… You can now change the base branch of an open pull request. After you’ve created a pull request, you can modify the base branch so that the changes in the pull request are compared against a differ

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ProductSquash your commitsGit’s flexibility allows you to shape your workflow however you like. The organization of your git history is just one of the choices to make, but up until now the… Git’s flexibility allows you to shape your workflow however you like. The organization of your git history is just one of the choices to make, but up until now the merge button on GitHub only created merge com

ProductIssue and Pull Request templatesIt's hard to solve a problem when important details are missing. Now project maintainers can add templates for Issues and Pull Requests to projects, helping contributors share the right details… It’s hard to solve a problem when important details are missing. Now project maintainers can add templates for Issues and Pull Requests to projects, helping contribut

ProductAnnouncing Git Large File Storage (LFS)Distributed version control systems like Git have enabled new and powerful workflows, but they haven't always been practical for versioning large files. We're excited to announce Git Large File Storage… Distributed version control systems like Git have enabled new and powerful workflows, but they haven’t always been practical for versioning large files

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