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Allow iterative rebase to select commits (contents) for edition
Currently, I have to go to the command line and do `git rebase -i HEAD~3`, then this appears:
pick f7f3f6d changed my name a bit
pick 310154e updated README formatting and added blame
pick a5f4a0d added cat-file
# Rebase 710f0f8..a5f4a0d onto 710f0f8
#
# Commands:
# p, pick = use commit
# r, reword = use commit, but edit the commit message
# e, edit = use commit, but stop for amending
# s, squash = use commit, but meld into previous commit
# f, fixup = like "squash", but discard this commit's log message
# x, exec = run command (the rest of the line) using shell
#
# These lines can be re-ordered; they are executed from top to bottom.
#
# If you remove a line here THAT COMMIT WILL BE LOST.
#
# However, if you remove everything, the rebase will be aborted.
#
# Note that empty commits are commented out
So, if I would like to edit some commit contents, I would change it to:
pick f7f3f6d changed my name a bit
pick 310154e updated README formatting and added blame
edit a5f4a0d added cat-fileThen, git would use commit, but stop for amending. Allowing me to freely edit the git history, amending changes the the picked commit, or adding new commits after it. Once I am done with it, I can do `git rebase --continue` and git would rewrite the history with the new updates.
The current SmartGit interface for Iterative Rebase only allows-me to edit the commit message, it cannot edit like `use commit, but stop for amending`.

Customer support service by UserEcho
For that purpose we use a separate dedicated command: "Modify or Split Commit".
Wow, I missed this feature for so long and it was always there right in front of my nose.
I was not expecting this feature to be outside the cited rebase interface. I think it can help others if the `Iterative Rebase` dialog had a link to the `Modify or Split Commit`, or at lease a hint saying the `use commit, but stop for amending` feature is accessible from somewhere else, because traditional command line git users are used to access it from the `Iteractive Rebase` interface.
Anyways, thanks for making SmartGit so useful.
Excellent! I needed this to inject a commit in past history, following the answer at https://stackoverflow.com/a/32315197/3256073
It seems it's just called Modify... now.
Right-click on commit:
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