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Re: Any way to "flatten" a series of changes in git

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Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 22, 2009, 20:59 UTC
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Howard Miller <howard@e-learndesign.co.uk> writes:
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> I have a branch with a whole series of commits. I want to export this
> work to be customer (to their svn repo if that has any bearing on it).
> All the stuff in the history is irrelevant to my customer ("committing
> now, going to bed" etc.) so I'd like to create a new branch that only
> has one commit.. the end point with a new message. Is this possible?

You can use either "git merge --squash" or "git rebase --interactive" (changing 'pick' to 'squash').

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Jakub Narebski
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  6. Daniele SegatoOct 26, 2009
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