squash-merge.sh

## Bring your current branch up-to-date with master, and squash all your working commits

## commit any working changes on branch "${BRANCH}", then...

## rename the branch to reflect it has the unsquashed commits
git branch -m ${BRANCH}-unsquashed 

## crete a new local branch to start with the latest version of master 
git checkout master
git pull
git checkout -b ${BRANCH}

## squash in your working commits
git merge --squash ${BRANCH}-unsquashed

## commit the changes, opening your editor to provide a good commit message
## describing the work you were doing
git commit -a
 
## push the new branch to the your remote, force only if you've previously
## pushed some of the squashed commits and know you won't overwrite anyone's
## work
git push --set-upstream ${REMOTE} ${BRANCH} --force