Avoid merge commit in git

Question

My local repo was looking like that before I had to pull:

[my commit 3] <- to be pushed
[my commit 2] <- already pushed
[my commit 1]

So I pulled and had to do a merge because there were conflicts, which I commited locally:

[merge commit] <- created that by resolving conflicts
[new commit from coworker] <- pulled that
[my commit 3]
[my commit 2]
[my commit 1]

Now my questions is how I can get rid of the merge commit at the top. I think it should look like that:

[my commit 3]
[new commit from coworker] 
[my commit 2]
[my commit 1]

How can I rebase like that?

Answer 1

Instead of git pull, do git pull --rebase.

(You can git reset --hard [my commit 3] to get back to where you were before the pull, then do git pull --rebase.)