GIT-GRAFT(1)

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version 7.5.0 · 7 versions
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💖 git-graft — bestie's guide to the merge-and-destroy 💖

okay so welcome to git-graft, straight out of the Git Extras fam ✨ this is a little extra command that does a thing git itself won't just hand you, and honestly? it's giving main character energy.

✨ NAME ✨

git-graft — merge a branch and then destroy it 💀

like, merge it. then yeet it. both. in one go.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

git-graft <src-branch> <dest-branch>

two arguments, that's the whole vibe, no cap 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea 🍵 — git-graft merges the commits from <src-branch> into <dest-branch>.

that's it. that's the description. two branches go in, one merge comes out, and the source branch gets grafted (read: merged) into its new home 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • <src-branch> — the branch you're pulling commits from. the source. the origin story. the one getting grafted in 🌱
  • <dest-branch> — the branch you're merging commits into. the destination. the new home. the one that receives 🏡

that's literally it, two little placeholders, no flags, no vibes to configure, iconic behaviour tbh 👑

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

watch this:

$ git graft new_feature dev

so new_feature gets merged into dev. new_feature said "I'm done here" and dev said "welcome home bestie" 🫶✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Written by Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com> — thank you for your service, we are obsessed 🙌

😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

found something cursed? not me discovering a bug 🙈 go here:

<https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues>

they want to hear about it, fr fr.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole git-extras universe lives there, go explore, it's a whole mood 🌈

💜 real talk though: this command destroys the given branch. merging and destroying, in one motion. so make sure that's what you want before you let it cook, okay? no cap. 🚨

and that's the page!! this is from Git Extras, dated May 2026 — mwah, go merge responsibly, love u, bye 💖🎀🦋

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