git-rebase-playground

Using the editor

git config --global sequence.editor "code --wait --reuse-window" git -c sequence.editor="code --wait --reuse-window" rebase --interactive <commit> git rebase -i <commit>^
the caret means, not this commit but the one before. git rebase -i --root --root means starting from the first commit.

Edit a commit

use the edit keyword in the todo to modify a commit. You have to stage files and amend the commit.

Untrack a file

git rm -r --cached <file> --cached means we do not delete the file.

Reword a commit message

use the reword keyword in the todo to reword the commit message of the commit.

Drop a commit

use the drop keyword in the todo to get rid of a commit.

Squash a commit

use the squash keyword in the todo to squash the commit into the previous commit.

Insert a commit

use the break keyword in the todo between two commits to stop at a given commit and create a new commit here.

Reorder commits

Just reorder the commits in the todo.

Exec a command

use the exec keyword in the todo after a commit to with a command to exec. echo "Hello World"