git squash multiple commits to single commit after push

git squash multiple commits to single commit after push

This post is about how to squash (combine) multiple commits to a single commit in GIT.
Checkout the code from the GIT Repo.

git clone <URL OF THE REPO>

Now run 

git status

 This will show the branch in which the repo is cloned currently.

For example, there are 4 Commits done earlier and if we want to merge into single commit.

For that,

git checkout my_branch

git reset --soft HEAD~4 

After this, git diff of the  modified files w.r.t. to 5th Commit  will 
be shown separately. Which ever files we wish to be included in GIT, can
be added using the 

git add <Files> 

git commit 

git push --force origin my_branch

Now all the different commits will be merged into a single commit.

Reference:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5667884/how-to-squash-commits-in-git-after-they-have-been-pushed