Because fixup also works for other commits in the history. Like when I am working on a branch with multiple commits that represent different logical changes and I find an issue with it. Then I can fixup the commit it belongs to and retain a clean history.
Why not just ammend it to the previous commit?
Because fixup also works for other commits in the history. Like when I am working on a branch with multiple commits that represent different logical changes and I find an issue with it. Then I can fixup the commit it belongs to and retain a clean history.
(Of course I am talking about multiple commits that have not yet been merged anywhere else)