Retcon

What it does

The native macOS app for effortlessly rewriting Git history. Move and squash commits with drag-and-drop, undo any mistake with ⌘Z, and get crystal-clear context at every step.

The macOS app for effortlessly rewriting Git history.

Rewrite Git history with a single drag-and-drop. Undo anything with ⌘ Z. All speed, no bumps. The Git history is a communication tool. And with Retcon, your word is clear. What prompted that refactor? How did these design choices come about? What the code can't say, the Git history recounts in great detail. The trick is, your first draft is never your last . Commits begin their life as a stream of consciousness, created whenever they're needed, worded as best as the moment allows. They hold your code, certainly, but they don't showcase it. So you rewrite. You take your hard work, and present it for all it's worth. Each decision, tradeoff, insight—now freed from your mind, illuminating your…from retcon.app

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  Retcon2024 · retcon.app · ▲93

  Rewrite Git history with drag-and-drop and ⌘Z

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  Retcon – A macOS Git client for instantly rewriting history2024 · retcon.app · ▲7

  I really like interactive rebases in Git, but always thought they took too much time and effort. There are tools that make them a lot nicer, like magit or GitUp, but they still ask a lot of you. So over the last two years I built Retcon. In the app, you can manipulate history directly (e.g. drag a commit to a different spot) at all times; even when there’s a conflict waiting for resolution, you can always keep making changes. You're not asked to first make a rebase TODO and then commit to it. So you no longer need to think too much ahead: you just make the changes you have in mind, see what…

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