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Rebase

Rebase current branch onto trunk (origin/master or origin/main), predict and resolve conflicts

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Updated: 4h ago
$npx ai-builder add skill tony/rebase

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## Context

- Current branch: !`git branch --show-current`
- Trunk branch: !`git remote show origin 2>/dev/null | grep 'HEAD branch' | awk '{print $NF}' || echo "master"`
- Remote refs available: !`git remote -v 2>/dev/null | head -2`
- Commits on current branch not on trunk: !`TRUNK=$(git remote show origin 2>/dev/null | grep 'HEAD branch' | awk '{print $NF}' || echo "master"); git log --oneline "origin/${TRUNK}..HEAD" 2>/dev/null || echo "(could not determine commits ahead)"`
- Diff from trunk (summary): !`TRUNK=$(git remote show origin 2>/dev/null | grep 'HEAD branch' | awk '{print $NF}' || echo "master"); git diff --stat "origin/${TRUNK}" 2>/dev/null || echo "(could not diff against trunk)"`

## Your Task

Rebase the current branch onto the remote trunk branch. Follow these steps carefully, handling each phase before moving to the next.

### Phase 1: Detect trunk branch

Determine the trunk branch name from the context above (the "Trunk branch" value). Store it mentally as `TRUNK`. It will typically be `master` or `main`. If detection failed, try both `origin/master` and `origin/main` to see which exists.

### Phase 2: Fetch latest and analyze

1. Run `git fetch origin` to get the latest remote state.
2. Run `git diff origin/${TRUNK}...HEAD --stat` to see what files the current branch modifies.
3. Run `git diff origin/${TRUNK}...HEAD` to see the full diff of changes on this branch.
4. Run `git log --oneline origin/${TRUNK}..HEAD` to see commits that will be rebased.
5. Run `git diff origin/${TRUNK} -- $(git diff --name-only origin/${TRUNK}...HEAD)` to check if trunk has also modified any of the same files — these are potential conflict zones.

Report a brief summary of:
- How many commits will be rebased
- Which files were changed on this branch
- Which of those files were ALSO changed on trunk (potential conflicts)
- An assessment of conflict likelihood (none expected / minor / significant)

### Phase 3: Execute the rebase

Run:
```
git pull --rebase origin ${TRUNK} --autostash
```

If the rebase completes cleanly (exit code 0), skip to Phase 5.

### Phase 4: Resolve conflicts (if any)

If conflicts are detected:

1. Run `git status` to see which files have conflicts.
2. For each conflicted file:
   a. Read the file to see the conflict markers (`<<<<<<<`, `=======`, `>>>>>>>`)
   b. Understand both sides of the conflict by examining what the branch intended vs what trunk changed
   c. Resolve the conflict by editing the file — preserve the intent of BOTH changes when possible. When in doubt, prefer the branch's changes (our work) but integrate trunk's changes if they're structural (renames, new parameters, etc.)
   d. Run `git add <file>` to mark it resolved
3. Before continuing the rebase, run the project's pre-commit quality checks. Look for CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md in the repo root to find the project's required checks. Common checks include:
   - Formatting: `uv run ruff format .` (or whatever the project uses)
   - Linting: `uv run ruff check . --fix --show-fixes`
   - Type checking: `uv run mypy`
   - Tests: `uv run pytest`
   If any check fails, fix the issues and re-stage with `git add` before continuing.
4. Run `git rebase --continue` to proceed.
5. If more conflicts appear, repeat from step 1 of this phase.
6. If the rebase becomes unrecoverable, run `git rebase --abort` and report what went wrong.

### Phase 5: Verify final state

After the rebase completes successfully:

1. Run `git log --oneline -10` to confirm the rebased commit history looks correct.
2. Run `git status` to confirm a clean working tree.
3. Run the project's quality checks one final time (format, lint, typecheck, test) as described in Phase 4 step 3.
4. Report the results: how many commits were rebased, whether any conflicts were resolved, and the final state of all quality checks.

Do NOT force-push. Only report the final state and let the user decide on the next step.

Quick Install

$npx ai-builder add skill tony/rebase

Details

Type
skill
Author
tony
Slug
tony/rebase
Created
4h ago

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