Published October 29, 2019
Updated February 16, 2020
Git Rebase AutoSquash
Demonstrates how to configure Git to automatically fixup, squash, and amend commits.
Transcript
# Hello and welcome to the Alchemists Screencasts! # Today, we are going to look at configuring Git Rebase AutoSquash support. # Before we start, let's understand the problem by looking at our project structure: tree # ...and our Git History: gl # ...and what the Ruby script in this project does: ruby calc.rb 1 2 # Hrm...well, that's a bug. Let's fix it! vi calc.rb
ruby calc.rb 1 2 # That's better as the script properly handles simple arithmetic now. # Since the original implementation introduced the bug, let's fix the associated commit: git status --short --branch ga calc.rb gl git commit --fixup <sha> gl # With our fixup commit in hand, we can rebase so Git will resolve our fixup commit. git rebase --interactive
# Well, that was a lot of work (i.e. copy, pasting, and moving lines around). # Luckily, Git has a solution for this and it's called: AutoSquash. # Here's how to enable it: git config --add rebase.autoSquash true # OK, let's rebase again and see what happens: git rebase --interactive
# By enabling Git Rebase AutoSquash support, Git automatically completed two tasks for us: # 1. Our `fixup!` commit was *moved* next to the original commit to be *fixed up*. # 2. The `fixup!` commit was renamed from a `p` (i.e. pick) to a `f` (i.e. fixup)`. # That's a significant speed boost to our workflow. 🎉 # Let's review again (this time we'll apply the changes too): git rebase --interactive
gl # Now we have a clean Git History. # Even better, the original implementation bug was erased so none is the wiser. 😉 # 💡 This technique works when squashing too (i.e. `git commit --squash <sha>`). # # I'd recommend adding this to your global configuration so all projects benefit. # Example: # `git config --global --add rebase.autoSquash true` # # As engineers, it's important to let our tools automate as much for us as possible. # This is a step in achieving that goal. 🎉 # # Enjoy! # https://alchemists.io # ☿ 🜔 🜍 🜂 🜃 🜁 🜄