Re: how to squash two commits into only one

> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 07:42, Lynn Lin <lynn.xin.lin@gmail.com> wrote:
>> All,
>>   I have only have two commits in repo,then I want to squash these
>> two commit into one through git rebase -i .However it fails
>>
>> $ git rebase -i HEAD^1
>> it only show up one commit so can't squash (can't squash without a
>> previous commit)
>
> To squash commits with rebase -i:
> git log
> (identify the commit you wish to squash to)
> git rebase -i <the commit _before_ the one you want to squash to)
>
> e.g.
> git log
> 1
> 2
> 3
> 4
> ..
> you want to squash 2 into 3: Use git rebase -i 4
> (4 is really a hash of course).
>
> HEAD^some-value is OK sometimes but when I want to fix stuff down in
> the commit chain somewhere I find it simpler to use the hashes - just
> mark and paste.
> Anyway the real point is that with rebase -i you must specify the last
> commit _before_ the range you want to work with.