Squash commits pushed in Git
This article outlines the process of squashing commits that we have pushed to a remote repository. We squash the commits into one to reduce clutter in the repository.
To squash the commits, we run git rebase in interactive mode .
Squash commits pushed in Git
For the sake of simpler context, we will simulate a scenario where we need to squash several commits into one after pushing changes.
First, we will push our current changes to the remote repository.
$ git push origin Dev2.1
This command will push all changes to our remote branch Dev2.1.
We can run git rebasethe command until the 5th commit.
$ git rebase -i HEAD~5
Output:
To squash our commits, we'll replace pick with squash at the start of the commit and complete the rebase.
We can run the git log command to view our commit history.
Attempting to push will result in an error as shown below.
The error is self-explanatory; we won’t discuss it too much.
We need to force the push, but not by using the --force flag, as shown below.
$ git push origin +Dev2.1
Output:
Let's take a quick look at the remote repositories on GitHub.
In our case, we used + before the refspec to force a push to the Dev2.1 branch.
In summary, a normal git push will not do you any good after squashing the commits that have already been pushed to the remote.
You'll get stuck in an annoying loop where Git requires you to pull before you can push. git push originAdding a + before the branch in the command will fix the problem.
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