How To Install git-absorb on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-absorb on Ubuntu.
What is git-absorb
git-absorb is:
git-absorb is a port of hg absorb to Git.
git absorb automatically identifies which commits are safe to modify, and which indexed changes belong to each of those commits. It then writes fixup! commits for each of those changes. These fixups can later be folded into the feature branch with Git’s built-in autosquash functionality.
This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “git-absorb”:
- git-absorb
There are three methods to install git-absorb on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install git-absorb Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install git-absorb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install git-absorb
Install git-absorb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install git-absorb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install git-absorb
Install git-absorb Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install git-absorb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install git-absorb
How To Uninstall git-absorb on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the git-absorb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove git-absorb
Uninstall git-absorb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall git-absorb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove git-absorb
Remove git-absorb Configurations and Data
To remove git-absorb configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge git-absorb
Remove git-absorb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove git-absorb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge git-absorb
Dependencies
git-absorb have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install git-absorb package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.