Re: [Feature request] An easier way of rebasing if you just want to "force send" a file back to a previous commit

From: brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date: Jan 12, 2020, 19:56 UTC
Message-ID: <20200112195646.GQ6570@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>
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On 2020-01-12 at 19:42:46, 1234dev wrote:

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> Hello!
> 
> I'm pretty new to all of this, but I was wondering. Is there an easier way of rebasing if you just want to force send a file back to a previous commit? Rebasing can get quite tiresome in the long run. It's like 7 steps, and that's without the merge conflicts someone with my luck is guaranteed to run into.
> 
> For instance, say I've made changes to a file. Those changes are too tiny and insignificant to make a new commit out of - they actually ought to be part of a commit I made last night.
> 
> If there just was a way to cheat :) I'm aware it would rewrite my entire history but that's okay, I haven't shared my repo with anybody yet. Maybe something along the lines of "git rebase --off-she-goes <file> <hash>"?
> 
> As opposed to "git stash && git rebase --interactive '<hash>^' && <change pick => edit> && <apply changes manually> && git add <file> && git commit --amend && git rebase --continue && git stash pop && <merge conflict that requires manual intervention> && git rebase --continue && git stash pop && <still a conflict> && rm <file> && git checkout <file> && <repeat the whole process> && <still a conflict> && <go to IRC and ask for help>

The way I usually handle this is something like the following, although I have some helper aliases that wrap this:

  git add <file>
  git commit --fixup <hash>
  git stash # if necessary
  GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=true git rebase -i --autosquash

That does use the interactive machinery to apply the fixup commit, but it also avoids prompting you to edit the interactive TODO list. It doesn't avoid the merge conflicts which can occur, but it is (IMO) the easiest way to go about it.

If I'd like to edit the message, I use "git commit --squash" to add the comments I'd like to add and I'm only prompted to squash together those messages.

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