Git’s interactive rebase allows you to reorder commits in your history, making it easier to organize your work before pushing or to create a cleaner narrative.

The command:

git rebase -i HEAD~x

Where x is the number of commits you want to include.

How it works:

1. Open the editor: Running the command opens your default text editor showing commits in reverse chronological order (newest first)

2. Rearrange the lines: Simply cut and paste commit lines to their desired positions. Each line represents one commit.

3. Save and close: Git will reapply the commits in your new order

4. Verify: Check git log to confirm the commits are correctly ordered

Example:

If you want to move commit 6 to appear after commit 4, just move that line in the editor and save.

Caution: Only rebase commits that haven’t been pushed publicly. Reordering changes commit hashes and can cause issues for collaborators.

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