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How do I squash my last N commits together?

How do I squash my last N commits together into one commit?

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[Anomies answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/5189600/562769) is good, but I felt insecure about this so I decided to add a couple of screenshots.

## Step 0: git log

See where you are with `git log`. Most important, find the commit hash of the first commit you *don't* want to squash. So only the :

[![enter image description here][1]][1]

## Step 1: git rebase

Execute [`git rebase -i [your hash]`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase#_interactive_mode), in my case:

    $ git rebase -i 2d23ea524936e612fae1ac63c95b705db44d937d

## Step 2: pick / squash what you want

In my case, I want to squash everything on the commit that was first in time. The ordering is from first to last, so exactly the other way as in `git log`. In my case, I want:

[![enter image description here][2]][2]


## Step 3: Adjust message(s)

If you have picked only one commit and squashed the rest, you can adjust one commit message:

[![enter image description here][3]][3]

That's it. Once you save this (`:wq`), you're done. Have a look at it with `git log`.


  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/LOn7X.png
  [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/Bjgxk.png
  [3]: https://i.sstatic.net/75aIZ.png

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would be nice to see the final result, e.g., git log

Timothy L.J. Stewart
– Timothy L.J. Stewart

2018-12-03 19:44:46 +00:00
Commented Dec 3, 2018 at 19:44
@Axalix Did you remove all your lines? That's how you lose your commits.

a3y3
– a3y3

2019-06-22 19:53:09 +00:00
Commented Jun 22, 2019 at 19:53

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