Feature request: `bit rebase --squash`

[jyn514]

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Like git rebase -i, but the prompt it opens up has all but the first commit set to squash instead of pick by default. Maybe it could have both an interactive and non-interactive mode? By 'interactive' I just mean 'opens the rebase prompt in your editor', like git.

[chriswalz]

@jyn514 There's git merge --squash that I believe effectively does the same thing

[jyn514]

@chriswalz that's not quite the same thing - git merge --squash branch takes the changes from branch and applies them to the index without committing. But that's not at all the same as rebasing, which puts your current state on top of the changes from branch, keeping the history. Or in other words, merge --squash squashes the changes from branch, but rebase -i squashes the changes in your current branch.

[chriswalz]

Ah so it's a matter of merge vs. rebasing. It's strange how git provides one but not the other but I guess that's what bit is for 😛.

Some potential commands could be bit rebase --squash, bit rebase -i --squash or simply bit squash as requested.

[jyn514]

bit rebase --squash sounds good to me :)