Git 2.54 Released With New Experimental "git history" Command
Git developers continue working toward Git 3.0 while out today is Git 2.54 with a few interesting additions.
Most notable of Git 2.54 is the new, experimental git history command. The git history usage is an easier approach for rewriting some elements of a repository's history that is less complex than existing tooling. Git history currently supports "reword" and "split" sub-commands. Using git history reword [commit] opens your editor and allows rewiring in place the specific commit's message and will then update any branches too that descend from that commit. The git history split [commit] command can be used to interactively split a commit into two by selecting the hunks that should be carved out into a new parent commit.
Git 2.54 also now provides a new way to define hooks in your configuration file that works for commands outside of the current Git/hook directory. Geometric repacking during maintenance by default is now enabled as is a variety of other smaller improvements.
More details on the Git 2.54 changes can be found via the GitHub Blog and Git 2.54 release announcement.
Most notable of Git 2.54 is the new, experimental git history command. The git history usage is an easier approach for rewriting some elements of a repository's history that is less complex than existing tooling. Git history currently supports "reword" and "split" sub-commands. Using git history reword [commit] opens your editor and allows rewiring in place the specific commit's message and will then update any branches too that descend from that commit. The git history split [commit] command can be used to interactively split a commit into two by selecting the hunks that should be carved out into a new parent commit.
Git 2.54 also now provides a new way to define hooks in your configuration file that works for commands outside of the current Git/hook directory. Geometric repacking during maintenance by default is now enabled as is a variety of other smaller improvements.
More details on the Git 2.54 changes can be found via the GitHub Blog and Git 2.54 release announcement.