Re: how to squash a few commits in the past
- From
- Gelonida <gelonida@gmail.com>
- Date
- May 3, 2010, 20:45 UTC
- Message-ID
- <hrncm3$pg8$1@dough.gmane.org>
- In-Reply-To
- <4BDEA0D7.9090201@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Hi Michael,
Michael J Gruber wrote:
Show 15 quoted lines
> Gelonida venit, vidit, dixit 03.05.2010 11:33: >> >> >> The plan would be: >> - create a new git repository without the huge file >> - let everybody clone the new repository and continue working. >> >> >> I thought, that I could squash the commit adding the file, removing the file and >> the commits in between into one commit. > > You don't need to squash the commits in between. Use git rebase -i A^ if > A is the commit introducing the large file. Then, either edit that first > commit (to not add the file) or reorder so that the removal commit is > squashed into A.
I seem to misunderstand your suggestion.
git rebase -i 740ebdf9b^ returns following output
> fatal: Needed a single revision > Invalid base
what am I missing?