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If you want to squash the previous x commits into a single one, you can use the following commands: git reset --soft HEAD~x git commit Replacing x with the number of previous commits you want to be included in the squashed commit. Mind that this will create a new commit, essentially forgetting...

Commits can be squashed during a git rebase. It is recommended that you understand rebasing before attempting to squash commits in this fashion. Determine which commit you would like to rebase from, and note its commit hash. Run git rebase -i [commit hash]. Alternatively, you can type HE...

Given the following history, imagine you make a change that you want to squash into the commit bbb2222 A second commit: $ git log --oneline --decorate ccc3333 (HEAD -> master) A third commit bbb2222 A second commit aaa1111 A first commit 9999999 Initial commit Once you've made your change...

You can use git merge --squash to squash changes introduced by a branch into a single commit. No actual commit will be created. git merge --squash <branch> git commit This is more or less equivalent to using git reset, but is more convenient when changes being incorporated have a symbolic...

When committing changes it is possible to specify that the commit will in future be squashed to another commit and this can be done like so, git commit --squash=[commit hash of commit to which this commit will be squashed to] One might also use, --fixup=[commit hash] alternatively to fixup. It is...