Flexible vs static branching (Git vs Clearcase/Accurev)

Question

My question is about the way in which Git handles branches: whenever you branch from a commit, this branch won’t ever receive changes from the parent branch unless you f

Answer 1

It sounds like what you're looking for might be git rebase. Rebasing a branch conceptually detaches it from its original branch point and reattaches it at some other point. (In reality, the rebase is implemented by applying each patch of the branch in sequence to the new branch point, creating a new set of patches.) In your example, you can rebase a branch to the current tip of an upper branch, which will essentially "inherit" all the changes made to the other branch.