--- title: Git fixup is magic (and Magit is too) | daily.dev description: A practical guide to creating a `git fixup` alias that lets you amend any past commit, not just the most recent one. The technique combines `git commit... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/git-fixup-is-magic-and-magit-is-too--f0vt7penc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Git fixup is magic (and Magit is too) | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to creating a `git fixup` alias that lets you amend any past commit, not just the most recent one. The technique combines `git commit... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/git-fixup-is-magic-and-magit-is-too--f0vt7penc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F0vt7peNc.png og:image:alt: Git fixup is magic (and Magit is too) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Git fixup is magic (and Magit is too) **[Lobsters](https://daily.dev/sources/lobsters)** · 5 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to creating a `git fixup` alias that lets you amend any past commit, not just the most recent one. The technique combines `git commit --fixup`, interactive rebase with `--autosquash`, and a dummy `GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=true` to make the process fully non-interactive. Each part of the alias is broken down in detail. The post also covers how Magit (the Emacs Git client) provides a built-in `magit-commit-instant-fixup` command that achieves the same result with a simple UI. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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