Squash my last X commits together using Git

Question

How can I squash my last X commits together into one commit using Git?

Answer 1

I recommend avoiding git reset when possible -- especially for Git-novices. Unless you really need to automate a process based on a number of commits, there is a less exotic way...

1. Put the to-be-squashed commits on a working branch (if they aren't already) -- use gitk for this
2. Check out the target branch (e.g. 'master')
3. git merge --squash (working branch name)
4. git commit

The commit message will be prepopulated based on the squash.