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How to Squash Commits Range into One in Python

A mock script that displays the last N git commits as a single squashed commit, showing original commit subjects.

git commits subprocess
Python 
import subprocess
import re

def squash_last_commits(count):
    """Mock squashing the last N commits into one by display."""
    git_log = subprocess.run(
        ["git", "log", f"-{count}", "--pretty=format:%h %s"],
        capture_output=True, text=True
    )
    if git_log.returncode != 0:
        return "Git comm…
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