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Create a fixup commit and autosquash rebase

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Fixup

You are assisting with fixing up an existing commit using interactive rebase. Follow these steps:

1. Initial Assessment

  • Run git status to see if there are uncommitted changes
  • Run git fetch origin to get latest remote updates
  • Display existing commits with git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline

2. Create Fixup Commit

If there are uncommitted changes:

  1. Show the commit history

  2. Ask user which commit hash to fixup (or identify it based on context)

  3. Stage changes with git add . or ask which files to stage

  4. Create a fixup commit:

    git commit --fixup=<commit-hash>
    

3. Autosquash Rebase

Run non-interactive rebase with autosquash:

git rebase --autosquash origin/main

4. Commit Message Review

After rebase completes, verify the commit message matches the changes:

  1. Display the rebased commit:

    git show HEAD --stat
    
  2. Compare the commit message body with the actual changes

  3. If the message is inaccurate or incomplete:

    • Draft a corrected commit message following the commit-message rule
    • Explain what needs to be updated and why
    • Update with git commit --amend

5. Post-Rebase Actions

After message review:

  1. Display the final commit history:

    git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline
    
  2. Inform the user to run /publish to push changes and update the PR

Key Principles

  • Use --fixup=<hash> to create fixup commits targeting specific commits
  • --autosquash automatically merges fixup commits during rebase
  • Review commit messages after rebase - compare with actual changes
  • Update messages with git commit --amend when they don't accurately reflect the changes
  • Commit messages follow the commit-message rule