How do I keep the commit message when editing commits via git rebase --interactive?

Question

I\'m currently in the midst of a git rebase --interactive session, where I\'m editing a commit. I\'m proceeding as suggested by How can I split up a Git commit bur

Answer 1

I adapted some examples in git-commit(1) and git-reset(1):

$ git reset HEAD^
$ git add ...                 # stage the first part of your split
$ git commit -m 'part one'
$ git commit -a -c ORIG_HEAD  # start with the earlier commit message

If you're worried about doing something that might change ORIG_HEAD, you could instead do:

$ SAVED=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
$ git reset HEAD^
...
$ git commit -a -c $SAVED   # start with the earlier commit message