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Git script to rewrite history in various ways
#!/bin/env zsh
# Run an interactive rebase, automatically marking $1 to be reworded
function git_rewrite_reword() {
GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="sed -ie 's/pick $1/reword $1/'" \
git rebase -i --autostash $1^
}
# Run an interactive rebase, automatically marking $1 to be edited
function git_rewrite_edit() {
GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="sed -ie 's/pick $1/edit $1/'" \
git rebase -i --autostash $1^
}
# Run an interactive rebase, automatically marking $1 to be squashed
function git_rewrite_squash() {
GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="sed -ie 's/pick $1/squash $1/'" \
git rebase -i --autostash $1~2
}
# Run an interactive rebase, automatically stopping at $1 and resetting to the
# commit before it to leave its changes unstaged ready to commit differently
function git_rewrite_split() {
GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="sed -ie '/pick $1/ a x git reset @~'" \
git rebase -i --autostash $1^
}
# Run an interactive rebase, automatically applying changes in the index to $1
function git_rewrite_fixup() {
git commit --fixup=$1 && \
GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="true" \
git rebase -i --autostash --autosquash $1^
}
# Run an interactive rebase, automatically moving the line for $1 back $2 steps in history
function git_rewrite_move-backward() {
: ${2:=1}
GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="printf %s\\\\n '/pick $1/m/pick $1/-$(($2 + 1))' w q | ed -s" \
git rebase -i --autostash --autosquash $1~$(($2 + 1))
}
# Run an interactive rebase, automatically moving the line for $1 forward $2 steps in history
function git_rewrite_move-forward() {
: ${2:=1}
GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="printf %s\\\\n '/pick $1/m/pick $1/+$2' w q | ed -s" \
git rebase -i --autostash --autosquash $1^
}
function main() {
# Make sure we have enough args
if (( $# < 2)); then
echo "usage: git rewrite <subcommand> <revision>" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
# Pop the subcommand
local subcommand="$1"
shift
# Make sure the specified subcommand exists
if ! typeset -f "git_rewrite_$subcommand" >&-; then
echo "unknown subcommand '$subcommand'" 1>&2
exit 1
fi
# Pop the revision
local rev="$1"
shift
# Look up the commit sha (allow any revision specifying syntax)
local commit="$(git rev-parse --short $rev)"
# Make sure we have a valid commit
if [[ -z "$commit" ]]; then
echo "could not find rev '$rev'"
exit 1
fi
# Delegate out to the subcommand
git_rewrite_$subcommand $commit $@
}
main $@
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