--- title: The git history command deserves more attention | daily.dev description: Git 2.54 and 2.55 introduced an experimental `git history` command with three subcommands — `fixup`, `reword`, and `split` — that simplify complex commit... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-git-history-command-deserves-more-attention-4x11kdegr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The git history command deserves more attention | daily.dev og:description: Git 2.54 and 2.55 introduced an experimental `git history` command with three subcommands — `fixup`, `reword`, and `split` — that simplify complex commit... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-git-history-command-deserves-more-attention-4x11kdegr og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4x11KDEgr.png og:image:alt: The git history command deserves more attention 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. # The git history command deserves more attention **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 5 min read · 9 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Git 2.54 and 2.55 introduced an experimental `git history` command with three subcommands — `fixup`, `reword`, and `split` — that simplify complex commit history editing without requiring interactive rebase. `fixup` folds staged changes into an older commit and automatically rebases all descendant branches. `reword` updates a commit message and rebuilds the stack on top. `split` interactively breaks one commit into two. A key property is atomicity: operations are refused if they would produce conflicts, keeping the tree in a clean state. While not as powerful as jj (no first-class conflicts, no operation log), `git history` delivers many of jj's workflow benefits without switching tools, and is bundled with core git. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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