#git-rebase

A very simple way of manipulating the commits in a git branch is to use the rebase command on its own branch.

❯ git rebase -i HEAD~6

Solution: git pull VS git fetch git rebase #fix #computers #solution

git pull VS git fetch git rebase

Another question said git pull is like a git fetch + git merge.

But what is the difference between git pull VS git fetch + git rebase?

Answer [by Jefromi]: git pull VS git fetch git rebase

It should be pretty obvious from your question that you’re actually just asking about the difference between git merge and git rebase.

So let’s suppose you’re in the common…

How to: How to cherry-pick multiple commits #programming #fix #solution

How to cherry-pick multiple commits

I have two branches. Commit a is the head of one, while the other has b, c, d, e and f on top of a. I want to move c, d, e and f to first branch without commit b. Using cherry pick it is easy: checkout first branch cherry-pick one by one c to f and rebase second branch onto first. But is there any way to cherry-pick all c-f in one command?

Here is a visual…

How to: Edit the root commit in Git? #fix #dev #development

Edit the root commit in Git?

There’s ways to change the message from later commits:

git commit amend # for the most recent commit git rebase interactive master~2 # but requires *parent*

How can you change the commit message of the very first commit (which has no parent)?

Answer [by Alexander Groß]: Edit the root commit in Git?

You could use git filter-branch:

cd test git init touch initial git…

How to: Insert a commit before the root commit in Git?

Insert a commit before the root commit in Git?

I’ve asked before about how to squash the first two commits in a git repository.

While the solutions are rather interesting and not really as mind-warping as some other things in git, they’re still a bit of the proverbial bag of hurt if you need to repeat the procedure many times along the development of your project.

So, I’d rather go through pain…

How to: Combine the first two commits of a Git repository?

Combine the first two commits of a Git repository?

Suppose you have a history containing the three commits A, B and C:

A-B-C

I would like to combine the two commits A and B to one commit AB:

AB-C

I tried

git rebase -i A

which opens up my editor with the following contents:

pick e97a17b B pick asd314f C

I change this to

squash e97a17b B pick asd314f C

Then Git 1.6.0.4 says:

Cannot 'squash'…

Fixed Squash the first two commits in Git? #dev #it #asnwer

Squash the first two commits in Git?

With git rebase interactive <commit> you can squash any number of commits together into a single one.

That’s all great unless you want to squash commits into the initial commit. That seems impossible to do.

Are there any ways to achieve it?

Moderately related:

In a related question, I managed to come up with a different approach to the need of squashing…

How to: How to remove/delete a large file from commit history in Git repository?

How to remove/delete a large file from commit history in Git repository?

Occasionally I dropped a DVD-rip into a website project, then carelessly git commit -a -m ..., and, zap, the repo was bloated by 2.2 gigs. Next time I made some edits, deleted the video file, and commited everything, but the compressed file is still there in the repository, in history.

I know I can start branches from those…