title: Squash a merge commit with the first commit on a branch
body: <p>I have a commit and a merge commit after it. I want to squash the merge commit with the first commit on the same branch. Can someone explain how this can be done?</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/YrX6G.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Screenshot of git rebase -i -r</a></p>