This method avoids merge conflicts if you have periodically pulled master into your branch. It also gives you the opportunity to squash into more than 1 commit, or to re-arrange your code into completely different commits (e.g. if you ended up working on three different features but the commits were not consecutive).
Note: You cannot use this method if you intend to open a pull request to merge your feature branch. This method requires committing directly to master.
Switch to the master branch and make sure you are up to date:
