How to merge multiple commit records in Git?
To combine multiple commit records, you can utilize the git rebase command.
The following steps outline the process of merging multiple submission records.
- First, use the git log command to view the hash values of the commit records you want to merge, and determine the range to be merged.
- Open the interactive rebase editor by using the command “git rebase -i
“, where is the hash value of the commit you want to merge. - In the editor, change the “pick” keyword in front of the commit logs you want to merge to “squash” or “fixup”. For example, changing “pick 1234567 commit message” to “squash 1234567 commit message” means that you want to merge this commit log into the previous one.
- Save and close the editor.
- Edit the information of the merged commit record in the pop-up editor. You can either keep the merged commit information as is or make changes to it.
- Save and close the editor.
- Git will automatically merge the selected commit records and create a new commit record.
Please note that when you use the git rebase -i command, you will be rewriting the history of your commit records, so make sure to only perform this operation on a local branch and if you are the only person using that branch. If you have already pushed the commit records to a remote repository, proceed with caution to avoid impacting other people’s work.
Alternatively, if you only want to merge the latest few commit records, you can use the git merge –squash command. This command combines multiple commit records into one and adds it to the staging area. Then, you can use the git commit command to submit all changes at once.
