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date: 2025-06-10
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title: Easily amend commits with git-instafix
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permalink: /daily/2025/06/10/easily-amend-commits-git-instafix
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How often do you make commits to a Git branch to later realise that you need to amend one of your unpushed commits?
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A simple `git commit --amend` will only work on the most recent commit, so that won't work if you've added more commits after the one you want to amend.
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You can make a temporary commit, rebase your branch and squash the temporary commit into the original one.
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Or you can use [git-instafix][0] - a tool for easily fixing and amending old commits.
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Instead of making a temporary commit, running `git-instafix` will show your unpushed commits - allowing you to select one and it will amend it for you in a single step, making it easier to keep your Git commit history cleaner and easier to read and review.
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[0]: https://github.com/quodlibetor/git-instafix
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