diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c
index a697906d463..a0e020dab09 100644
--- a/sequencer.c
+++ b/sequencer.c

@@ -2640,3 +2640,110 @@ int check_todo_list(void)
 
 	return res;
 }
+
+/* skip picking commits whose parents are unchanged */
+int skip_unnecessary_picks(void)
+{
+	const char *todo_file = rebase_path_todo();
+	struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
+	struct todo_list todo_list = TODO_LIST_INIT;
+	struct object_id onto_oid, *oid = &onto_oid, *parent_oid;
+	int fd, i;
+
+	if (!read_oneliner(&buf, rebase_path_onto(), 0))
+		return error(_("could not read 'onto'"));
+	if (get_sha1(buf.buf, onto_oid.hash)) {

+		strbuf_release(&buf);
+		return error(_("need a HEAD to fixup"));
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&buf);
+
+	fd = open(todo_file, O_RDONLY);
+	if (fd < 0) {
+		return error_errno(_("could not open '%s'"), todo_file);
+	}
+	if (strbuf_read(&todo_list.buf, fd, 0) < 0) {
+		close(fd);
+		return error(_("could not read '%s'."), todo_file);
+	}
+	close(fd);
+	if (parse_insn_buffer(todo_list.buf.buf, &todo_list) < 0) {
+		todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < todo_list.nr; i++) {
+		struct todo_item *item = todo_list.items + i;
+
+		if (item->command >= TODO_NOOP)
+			continue;
+		if (item->command != TODO_PICK)
+			break;
+		if (parse_commit(item->commit)) {
+			todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+			return error(_("could not parse commit '%s'"),
+				oid_to_hex(&item->commit->object.oid));
+		}
+		if (!item->commit->parents)
+			break; /* root commit */
+		if (item->commit->parents->next)
+			break; /* merge commit */
+		parent_oid = &item->commit->parents->item->object.oid;
+		if (hashcmp(parent_oid->hash, oid->hash))
+			break;
+		oid = &item->commit->object.oid;
+	}
+	if (i > 0) {
+		int offset = i < todo_list.nr ?
+			todo_list.items[i].offset_in_buf : todo_list.buf.len;
+		const char *done_path = rebase_path_done();
+
+		fd = open(done_path, O_CREAT | O_WRONLY | O_APPEND, 0666);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			error_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"),
+				    done_path);
+			todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (write_in_full(fd, todo_list.buf.buf, offset) < 0) {
+			error_errno(_("could not write to '%s'"), done_path);
+			todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+			close(fd);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		close(fd);
+
+		fd = open(rebase_path_todo(), O_WRONLY, 0666);
+		if (fd < 0) {
+			error_errno(_("could not open '%s' for writing"),
+				    rebase_path_todo());
+			todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (write_in_full(fd, todo_list.buf.buf + offset,
+				todo_list.buf.len - offset) < 0) {
+			error_errno(_("could not write to '%s'"),
+				    rebase_path_todo());
+			close(fd);
+			todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		if (ftruncate(fd, todo_list.buf.len - offset) < 0) {
+			error_errno(_("could not truncate '%s'"),
+				    rebase_path_todo());
+			todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+			close(fd);
+			return -1;
+		}
+		close(fd);
+
+		todo_list.current = i;
+		if (is_fixup(peek_command(&todo_list, 0)))
+			record_in_rewritten(oid, peek_command(&todo_list, 0));
+	}
+
+	todo_list_release(&todo_list);
+	printf("%s\n", oid_to_hex(oid));
+
+	return 0;
+}

diff --git a/sequencer.h b/sequencer.h
index 878dd296f8c..04a57e09a1d 100644
--- a/sequencer.h
+++ b/sequencer.h

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ int sequencer_make_script(int keep_empty, FILE *out,
 
 int transform_todo_ids(int shorten_ids);
 int check_todo_list(void);
+int skip_unnecessary_picks(void);
 
 extern const char sign_off_header[];