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Does magit offer a way to squash a bunch of commits, but preserve some sort of record of the micro commits - should you need to step through them the next day.

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Just create a branch before squashing.

In magit:

  1. Optional: copy the name of the current branch (you can find it on the first line of the *magit* buffer).
  2. b n to create a new branch. Paste the name of the current branch if it helps you, and give the new branch a unique name (e.g. with a -detailed-history suffix).

(But better yet, don't squash. A detailed commit history is useful and squashing rarely has any benefit.)

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Magit does not provide any feature specifically for this use-case. It does however expose a git feature that can be used in this and other situations when you have to recover some discarded work: the reflog.

The reflog commands are available from the same popup menu as the log commands: l.

Search the web for information about what the reflog is and how to use it.

While viewing a reflog you can use l o RET to view the log for the reflog entry at point.

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  • The reflog won't be preserved for long and can't be pushed. Why not give the current commit history a persistent name, i.e. a branch?
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Jan 10, 2021 at 19:44
  • It all depends on the use-case. So both answers makes sense and complete each other.
    – tarsius
    Jan 10, 2021 at 20:54

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