git-squash:tldr:24ba4

git-squash: Squash the `n` latest commits and commit concatenating all individual messages.

$ git squash --squash-msg HEAD~${n}

try on your machine

The git squash command is not a standard Git command. However, if we assume that this is a custom command or an alias set up in your Git configuration, based on the provided parameter --squash-msg HEAD~${n}, we can break it down as follows:

git squash: This is the main command, which is likely a custom command or an alias defined in your Git configuration.
--squash-msg: This is a flag used to specify the message for the squashed commit. It indicates that the next argument (HEAD~${n}) is the message text.
HEAD~${n}: The HEAD~${n} is an expression referring to the n-th parent commit of the current commit. The ~ is the parent reference operator, and n indicates the number of parents to traverse. For example, HEAD~1 represents the immediate parent commit of the current commit.

So, when you execute this command, it likely performs a squash operation on the previous n commits, where n is defined by you. It then uses the message specified after the --squash-msg flag as the commit message for the resulting squashed commit.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

back to the git tool