Interactive Rebase

Interactive rebase lets you rewrite commit history by modifying individual commits. From the Commit Log panel, press i to open the operation selector.

Accessing Interactive Rebase

1. Press 3 to focus the Commit Log panel.
2. Press i to open the Interactive Rebase option popup.

note

i is only available in the Commit Log panel when at least one commit exists.

Available Operations

Operation	Description
Drop	Remove the selected commit entirely from history
Reword	Edit the commit message of the selected commit
Fixup/Squash	Squash two or more selected commits into the oldest selected commit

Keybindings

Operation Selection Popup

Key	Action
↑ or k	Navigate up
↓ or j	Navigate down
enter	Confirm selected option
esc	Cancel

Reword / Fixup/Squash Commit Input

Key	Action
ctrl+e	Submit
tab	Next field
shift+tab	Previous field
ctrl+p	Paste
ctrl+y	Copy
esc	Cancel

Workflows

Drop a Commit

1. Navigate to the target commit in the Commit Log panel.
2. Press i.
3. Select Drop and press enter.
4. A confirmation output popup appears showing the result.

warning

Drop permanently removes the commit from history. This rewrites history — do not use on commits already pushed to a shared remote without coordination.

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Reword a Commit Message

1. Navigate to the target commit.
2. Press i.
3. Select Reword and press enter.
4. A commit selector popup appears. Navigate to confirm the target commit and press enter.
5. An input popup opens pre-filled with the existing commit message.
6. Edit the Summary and optionally the Description.
7. Press ctrl+e to submit.

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Fixup/Squash Commits

Combines two or more selected commits into a single commit. All selected commits are squashed into the oldest selected commit, which becomes the base.

1. Press i in the Commit Log panel.
2. Select Fixup/Squash and press enter.
3. A commit selector popup appears. Select at least 2 commits from the list.
4. Press enter to confirm. All selected commits are squashed into the oldest selected commit.
5. An input popup opens to edit the combined commit message. Press ctrl+e to submit.

info

The oldest selected commit acts as the base — all other selected commits are merged into it. You must select at least 2 commits.

warning

Any merge commits that are newer than the oldest selected commit will be automatically dropped during the operation.