Git History in 2026: Complete Guide to fixup, reword, and split Commands

You&rsquo;re three commits deep on a feature branch when you spot it: a typo in a commit message from two commits ago, and a bug in the code from three commits back. Normally this means git rebase -i , an interactive session, manual fixup of conflicts, and picking up the pieces of your working tree afterward. If you&rsquo;ve ever had a rebase go sideways and leave your repository in a…