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Life & fun · September 4, 2016

Git–fiddle – Edit commit messages, author and timestamps during rebase

Edit commit messages, authors, and timestamps during git-rebase - felixSchl/git-fiddle

Git–fiddle – Edit commit messages, author and timestamps during rebase launched on September 4, 2016 with 60 votes, #1,159 of 3,743 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

In plain words

Git-fiddle is a command-line tool that allows developers to modify commit messages, author information, and timestamps while rebasing Git repositories. It is designed for developers who need to clean up or correct commit history details. The tool integrates with Git's standard rebase workflow, making it straightforward to adjust multiple commits at once rather than manually editing each one.

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