> Haven't used --update-refs, but reading it, it should result in your third graph. I don't think it does. I tried locally: mkdir test; cd test; git init

> Haven't used --update-refs, but reading it, it should result in your third graph. I don't think it does. I tried locally: mkdir test; cd test; git init touch a; git add a; git commit -m 'a' touch b; git add b; git commit -m 'b' touch c; git add c; git commit -m 'c' git checkout -b branched-feature HEAD~ touch d; git add d; git commit -m 'd' git checkout main echo 'change' > b; git add b; git commit -m 'fix b' git rebase -i --root --update-refs And ended up with this graph (`git log --graph --all`) * commit (HEAD -> main) | | c | * commit | | b | | * commit (branched-feature) | | | | d | | | * commit |/ | b | * commit a Replacing the `git commit -m 'fix b'; git rebase -i --root --update-refs` with `git history fixup HEAD~` produces what I'd like: * commit (branched-feature) | | d | | * commit (HEAD -> main) |/ | c | * commit | | b | * commit a