I'm trying to squash 6 commits into a single commit using a branch that I already pushed to GitHub.
I tried to do this via command line, but I keep receiving no-op instead of the commits for that branch.
Is there a way to do this via GitHub desktop that might make more sense?
Please provide step by step if possible;
I'm new to using GitHub for collaborative purposes and my knowledge doesn't span very far past git add, commit, and push.
In order to do a git squash follow those steps:
// X is the number of commits you wish to squash, in your case 6
git rebase -i HEAD~X
Once you squash your commits - choose the s
for squash = it will combine all the commits into a single commit.
You also have the --root flag in case you need it
try: git rebase -i --root
--root
Rebase all commits reachable from <branch>, instead of limiting them with
an <upstream>.
This allows you to rebase the root commit(s) on a branch.
When used with --onto, it will skip changes already contained in `<newbase>`
(instead of `<upstream>`) whereas without --onto it will operate on every
change. When used together with both --onto and --preserve-merges, all root
commits will be rewritten to have `<newbase>` as parent instead.`