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at February 26, 2012 07:26 by beneberle
Initial Code 
git rebase -i HEAD~4

# The ~4 in the command designates the number of commits that you wish to combine
# the command will open up a text editor from wich you can choose which commits 
# to 'pick' and which to 'squash'. save and close, then you'll have a chance to edit
# the individual commit messages. save and close that and you're done. squashed.
Initial URL 
http://gitready.com/advanced/2009/02/10/squashing-commits-with-rebase.html
Initial Description 
Combine multiple smaller incremental commits into larger ones, perfect for encouraging you to commit often while enabling you to summarize a day's work into one, or more, simplified commit.

WARNING: Only do this on commits that haven’t been pushed an external repository.
Initial Title 
Git Rebase and Squash
Initial Tags 
git
Initial Language 
Bash