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Clean Up Your Git History with Fixup

February 24, 2026

Ever find yourself making five tiny commits just to fix a typo or a small logic error? Instead of cluttering your history, use git commit --fixup followed by the commit hash. This marks your new change as a correction to a previous commit.

When you're ready to push, run git rebase -i --autosquash, and Git will automatically merge those tiny fixes into the original commit for you. It keeps your pull requests looking professional and your history readable without the manual effort of a standard interactive rebase.