Questions about the Merge vs Rebase poster

What’s on the Merge vs Rebase poster?

Merge against Rebase, side by side. Merge: Creates a merge commit; Merge: History shows what actually happened; Merge: Safe on shared branches; Merge: Graph can get tangled; Merge: git merge main; Rebase: Replays your commits on the new base; Rebase: Linear, readable history; Rebase: REWRITES commit hashes; Rebase: Never on a branch others have pulled; Rebase: git rebase main; The golden rule: never rebase commits that exist outside your own machine. Rewriting…. git pull --rebase keeps a linear history for your own unpushed work, and is a safe default.

Who is the Merge vs Rebase poster for?

Merge vs Rebase belongs to the Computing section rather than to a school year, because computing is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning tools can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.

When should you use the Merge vs Rebase poster?

Rebase your own unpushed work. Merge anything anyone else might have pulled. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Merge vs Rebase belongs on the wall where that computing work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.

What other posters go with Merge vs Rebase?

Code Review, Debugging Method and Docker Basics sit alongside Merge vs Rebase in the Computing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Code ReviewDebugging MethodDocker Basics

Is the Merge vs Rebase poster free to download and print?

Yes. Merge vs Rebase downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Computing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence

What size does the Merge vs Rebase poster print at?

Merge vs Rebase is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Merge vs Rebase loses nothing.Printing guide