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Re: Feature Request: `git commit --amend-to`

From
Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 24, 2021, 17:15 UTC
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 9:08 AM Aidan Gallagher <aidgal2@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have solved this issue for myself with this handy alias I found online
> ```
> git config --global alias.amend-to '!f() { SHA=`git rev-parse "$1"`;
> git commit --fixup "$SHA" && GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=true git rebase
> --interactive --autosquash "$SHA^"; }; f'
> ```
since v2.31.0 you can do instead :
  git commit --fixup reword:$SHA && EDITOR=true git rebase
--interactive --autosquash "$SHA^"

granted it is not 1 command, but usually I find it useful to do several of those and then one single rebase at the end.

Carlo
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Message 2 of 7 in “Feature Request: `git commit --amend-to`”
  1. Aidan GallagherSep 24, 2021
  2. Carlo ArenasSep 24, 2021
  3. Glen ChooSep 28, 2021
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonSep 28, 2021
  5. Glen ChooSep 29, 2021
  6. Fabian StelzerSep 30, 2021
  7. Phillip WoodSep 30, 2021

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