What's the difference between “squash” and “fixup” in Git/Git Extension?

Question

I\'ve been using Git Extensions for a while now (it\'s awesome!) but I haven\'t found a simple answer to the following:

Sometimes, when typing a com

Answer 1

Simply put, when rebasing a series of commits, each commit marked as a squash, gives you the opportunity to use its message as part of a pick or reword commit message.

When you use fixup the message from that commit is discarded.