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# Interactive rebase

### Commands

* `git rebase -i master new_feature`
  * `-i` will trigger the interactive mode.
* Can be used just to edit the commit history
  * `git rebase -i HEAD~3`

Interative rebase will open `git-rebase-todo` for you to edit what to do.

Options:

* `pick` - use
* `drop`
* `reword` - change the commit message
* `edit` - to amend changes along with the commit
* `squash`
* `fixup`
* `exec`