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Rescue a Diverged Branch With OODA

Use the OODA loop to recover a diverged Git branch without losing work or surprising collaborators.

Branch drift Sam has local commits, main moved ahead, and a teammate may have based work on Sam's branch. The dangerous move is acting before you know whether history is private or shared. OODA for Git recovery Observe -> Orient -> Decide -> Act Use OODA to separate information gathering from branch-changing commands. The loop keeps you from solving a coordination problem with a destructive command. Shortcut Run reset, rebase, or force push because the terminal looks messy. The command matches the evidence and the collaboration risk. Never rewrite history until you know whether that history is private. 01 Observe…

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