hpr4591 :: A Bit of Git
Lee relates the git adventure that occurred while working on a work logging project
Hosted by Lee on Monday, 2026-03-09 is flagged as Clean and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
git, llm, rebase, fair-use, dot net, kirigami.
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Introduction to Git.
Initiated by Klaatu, this open series introduces Git and the concepts behind its use in a collaborative environment.
When attempting to push commits to a remote repository, git rejected the push with an error. The branches had diverged! git status
Result:
On branch main
Your branch and 'origin/main' have diverged,
and have 7 and 1 different commits each, respectively.
The problem:
* 79085bb (HEAD -> main) Improve mobile responsiveness for very narrow viewports
* eec46f5 Improve responsive layout for narrow viewports
* 79c71eb Fix sync dialog modal instantiation
* 33fd501 Add markdown rendering to session notes in desktop app
* 1a119f7 Increase hierarchy panel bottom padding to 9rem in web app
* c557299 Constrain session notes width with word wrap
* f2ab785 Add bottom padding to hierarchy navigation panel
| * 7459345 (origin/main) fix: address bug on Desktop with Sync dialog
|/
* c8cc83d Fix routing for Dashboard action after renaming from IndexAfter resolving with git rebase there was a new problem. commit messages contained
Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The solution was to use interactive rebase with --exec to amend each commit:
git rebase -i 7459345 --exec 'git commit --amend -m "$(git log --format=%B -n1 | sed -e "/ Generated with/d" -e "/Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet/d" | sed -e :a -e "/^\n*$/{\$d;N;ba" -e "}")"'
Still the branches differed
git log --oneline --graph --all -12
* 4205e86 Improve mobile responsiveness for very narrow viewports
* a5947ee Improve responsive layout for narrow viewports
* 012a78f Add markdown rendering to session notes in desktop app
* d5227d2 Increase hierarchy panel bottom padding to 9rem in web app
* aed5405 Constrain session notes width with word wrap
* bcc32e8 Add bottom padding to hierarchy navigation panel
| * 64a4118 Improve mobile responsiveness for very narrow viewports
| * cbf2c68 Improve responsive layout for narrow viewports
| * 731eee2 Add markdown rendering to session notes in desktop app
| * 197fdb8 Increase hierarchy panel bottom padding to 9rem in web app
| * 09377c9 Constrain session notes width with word wrap
| * 6714c35 Add bottom padding to hierarchy navigation panel
|/The solution
git push --force
Git Commands Reference
Here are all the commands used in this adventure, in order:
Check current status
git status
Fetch latest from remote
git fetch origin
View commit history graph
git log --oneline --graph --all --decorate -15
View specific commit details
git show origin/main --stat
git show 79c71eb WorkLog.Desktop/src/qml/main.qml
Rebase local commits onto remote
git rebase origin/main
During conflict: stage resolved files and skip duplicate commit
git add WorkLog.Desktop/src/qml/main.qml
git rebase --skip
Check commit message
git show --stat HEAD
git log --format="%B" -1 HEAD
Attempt to filter commit messages (didn’t work)
git filter-branch -f --msg-filter 'sed ...' 7459345..HEAD
Interactive rebase to amend all commits (successful)
git rebase -i 7459345 --exec 'git commit --amend -m "$(git log --format=%B -n1 | sed ...)"'
Verify messages were cleaned
git log --format="%B" -1 HEAD
git log --format="%B" -1 HEAD~3
Force push to update remote
git push --force