git: Splitting commits

git wonders never cease. This page describes how to use git rebase -i to split commits. (Thanks Chris Lalancette and Stephen Tweedie).

Stephen notes also: “git diff --cached isn’t mentioned in that git-rebase page, but it’s an invaulable part of the process”. Use git diff --cached during the splitting process to see which commits you’ve added to the index but not committed yet. This lets you see what your split commit will look like.

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