Splitting a Commit

“add login form” (pop) also brought in validation helpers that deserve their own commit:

git loom status -f pop

│╭─ fa [feature-auth]
│●    pop  291658f add login form
│┊      pop:0 A  src/auth.rs
│┊      pop:1 A  src/validation.rs
│┊      pop:2 A  templates/login.html
├╯
│
● a1b2c3d (upstream) [origin/main] Latest upstream commit

Split it, picking the files for the first commit:

git loom split pop -m "add validation helpers"
# ? Select files for the first commit
# > [x] src/validation.rs
#   [ ] src/auth.rs
#   [ ] templates/login.html

│╭─ fa [feature-auth]
│●    pop  5e1a9c2 add login form
│●    cup  8c2b2fa add validation helpers
├╯
│
● a1b2c3d (upstream) [origin/main] Latest upstream commit

The files you picked form the first commit, with the new message. The rest stay in the second, which keeps the original message and its short ID pop.

To skip the picker, name the files: git loom split pop -m "add validation helpers" src/validation.rs. To split within a file, or a commit that touches a single file, pick hunks with git loom split -p pop. Without -m, your editor opens for the first commit’s message.

See also: split reference