Can I rebase a Git branch without modifying my working copy?

Question

Suppose I have my \"master\" branch checked out. I\'ve committed some production changes to \"master\", and now I want to rebase my \"experimental\" branch onto the latest m

Answer 1

I would also love it, but this leaves no hope to me:

If is specified, git rebase will perform an automatic git checkout before doing anything else. Otherwise it remains on the current branch.

http://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase