How to manage history in Git

In this tutorial, you have learned how to use Git with Windows, Mac, or Command Line, worked with branching, and tried out tagging. Now we’ll get into how to modify, undo, and combine your commit history.

Git provides powerful tools for managing the history of your codebase, allowing you to navigate through commits, undo changes, and collaborate effectively. In this step-by-step tutorial, we will walk you through various techniques and best practices for managing the history in Git. You will learn how to modify, organize, and clean up your commit history. By following our step-by-step instructions and engaging in hands-on exercises, you will gain a solid understanding of how to manage and maintain a clean and structured history using Git.

To learn more about Git history, you can revisit our introduction to Git history.

For this tutorial section, we have prepared a repository with some ready-made commits to speed things up.

Download our example repository here and follow along as we rewrite Git history.