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dev

branching merging workflow

Merge latest dev branch code into your current branch and update your local dev branch. Assumes you have a branch called dev both locally and on the origin remote. This alias is useful for keeping your feature branches up-to-date with the latest development work.

This alias pulls the latest dev branch from origin, merges it into your current branch, and updates your local dev branch to match origin/dev.

Usage: git dev

CLI Command

git config --global alias.dev "!git pull origin dev && git merge dev && git fetch origin dev:dev"

.gitconfig Snippet

[alias]
  dev = !git pull origin dev && git merge dev && git fetch origin dev:dev