Re: Graphical tool to merge and reorder commits

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Aug 18, 2025, 18:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqplcsiimq.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <4398af77-3183-4ac5-9a25-aca6289d8c8f@rd10.de>

"R. Diez" <rdiez-2006@rd10.de> writes:

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> Is there some graphical tool to merge and reorder commits with the
> mouse? Or failing that, a good terminal interface with menus and
> the like which allows merging and reordering in an easy, visual
> fashion.
> ...
> I have tried or investigated numerous Git tools: git-gui, gitk,
> Gittyup, GitUI, GitButler, SourceGit, git-cola, Guitar, gitg, tig,
> giggle, qgit, RabbitVCS, Magit, lazygit, ... They are all fine for
> normal commits and the like. However, most fall short fairly
> quickly. For example, the ability to highlight character or
> word-based changes inside a text line is rare. And none of them
> really appealed to me when merging, let alone rearrange commits
> visually.

It would be a fun little project to write a GUI front-end that emits "rebase -i" todo file and drives the interaction, if there is none already (which your research seems to indicate).

Sounds like you found a good starter project for the next GSoC or Outreachy students, I guess ;-)