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commit-rewriter 0.2

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  • Simon Willison released version 0.2 of his commit-rewriter tool, a Python web application designed to help users rewrite Git commit messages.
  • The main new feature in this release is the added support for rewriting commit messages on branches other than the default branch.
  • Users can now specify a target branch by using the --branch flag, for example, running uvx commit-rewriter --branch other.