Git history rewriting

A short presentation about Git history rewriting given @botify.
History rewriting - aka interactive rebase - is a powerful feature that let you modify commits.
Every software developer should know it and use it on a daily basis.

Transcript

1. Git history rewriting Simon Dollé, Botify
2. Rewrite history to : Fix mistakes Organize commits logically
8. 3 Steps
9. >
10. Set destination
11. > git rebase --interactive HEAD~2
12. Modify commits
13. pick 4O7rzn bar pick 0a1b2p baz
14. pick 0a1b2p baz pick 4O7rzn bar
15. Play commits
16. >
17. Demo time
18. Be careful with history
19. Be careful with history Don’t rewrite pushed commits
20. Thanks for your attention
21. Resources : https://help.github.com/articles/interactive-rebase http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History