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+# git fetch
+
+> Download objects and refs from a remote repository.
+
+- Fetch new branches and update remote-tracking branches:
+
+`git fetch {{remote_name}}`
+
+- Fetch the latest changes from all remote git servers:
+
+`git fetch --all`
diff --git a/pages/common/git-init.md b/pages/common/git-init.md
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 `git init`
 
-- Initialize a barebones repository:
+- Initialize a barebones repository, suitable for use as a remote over ssh:
 
 `git init --bare`
diff --git a/pages/common/git-rebase.md b/pages/common/git-rebase.md
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+# git rebase
+
+> Apply local commits on top of another branch's history.
+
+- Rebase your local branch interactively with the latest changes in local master:
+
+`git rebase -i master`
+
+- Rebase your local branch  interactively with the latest changes from upstream:
+
+`git fetch origin; git rebase -i origin/master`
+
+- Handle an active rebase merge failure, after editing conflicting file(s):
+
+`git rebase --continue`
+
+- Abort a rebase in-progress:
+
+`git rebase --abort`