How to remove selected commit log entries from a G

Question

I would like to remove selected commit log entries from a linear commit tree, so that the entries do not show in the commit log.

My commit tree looks something like:

R--A--B--C--D--E--HEAD

I would like to remove the B and C entries so that they do not show in the commit log, but changes from A to D should be preserved. Maybe by introducing a single commit, so that B and C become BC and the tree looks like.

R--A--BC--D--E--HEAD

Or, ideally, after A comes D directly. D' representing changes from A to B, B to C and C to D.

R--A--D'--E--HEAD

Is this possible? if yes, how?

This is a fairly new project so has no branches as of now, hence no merges as well.

Answer 1

Here is a way to remove a specific commit id knowing only the commit id you would like to remove.

git rebase --onto commit-id^ commit-id

Note that this actually removes the change that was introduced by the commit.

Answer 2

# detach head and move to D commit
git checkout <SHA1-for-D>

# move HEAD to A, but leave the index and working tree as for D
git reset --soft <SHA1-for-A>

# Redo the D commit re-using the commit message, but now on top of A
git commit -C <SHA1-for-D>

# Re-apply everything from the old D onwards onto this new place 
git rebase --onto HEAD <SHA1-for-D> master

Answer 3

One more way,

git rebase -i ad0389efc1a79b1f9c4dd6061dca6edc1d5bb78a (C's hash)
and
git push origin master  -f

pick the hash that you want to use it as a base, and the above command should make it interactive so you can squash all the top messages ( you need to leave the oldest )