How to squash commits

When submitting a pull request to WP Rig, we ask that you squash your commits before we merge.

Some applications that interact with git repos will provide a user interface for squashing. Refer to your application's document for more information.

If you're using the Terminal, you can do the following:

• Make sure your branch is up to date with the master branch.
• Run git rebase -i master.
• You should see a list of commits, each commit starting with the word "pick".
• Make sure the first commit says "pick" and change the rest from "pick" to "squash". -- This will squash each commit into the previous commit, which will continue until every commit is squashed into the first commit.
• Save and close the editor.
• It will give you the opportunity to change the commit message.
• Save and close the editor again.
• Then you have to force push the final, squashed commit: git push --force-with-lease origin.

Squashing commits can be a tricky process but once you figure it out, it's really helpful and keeps our repo concise and clean.