diff --git a/pkg/app/daemon/daemon.go b/pkg/app/daemon/daemon.go
index 7053a8032..d8f32e608 100644
--- a/pkg/app/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/pkg/app/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@ package daemon
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/fsmiamoto/git-todo-parser/todo"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/common"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/env"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
 
 // Sometimes lazygit will be invoked in daemon mode from a parent lazygit process.
@@ -18,58 +19,56 @@ import (
 // For example, if we want to ensure that a git command doesn't hang due to
 // waiting for an editor to save a commit message, we can tell git to invoke lazygit
 // as the editor via 'GIT_EDITOR=lazygit', and use the env var
-// 'LAZYGIT_DAEMON_KIND=EXIT_IMMEDIATELY' to specify that we want to run lazygit
-// as a daemon which simply exits immediately. Any additional arguments we want
-// to pass to a daemon can be done via other env vars.
+// 'LAZYGIT_DAEMON_KIND=1' (exit immediately) to specify that we want to run lazygit
+// as a daemon which simply exits immediately.
+//
+// 'Daemon' is not the best name for this, because it's not a persistent background
+// process, but it's close enough.
 
-type DaemonKind string
+type DaemonKind int
 
 const (
-	InteractiveRebase DaemonKind = "INTERACTIVE_REBASE"
-	ExitImmediately   DaemonKind = "EXIT_IMMEDIATELY"
+	// for when we fail to parse the daemon kind
+	DaemonKindUnknown DaemonKind = iota
+
+	DaemonKindExitImmediately
+	DaemonKindCherryPick
+	DaemonKindMoveTodoUp
+	DaemonKindMoveTodoDown
+	DaemonKindInsertBreak
+	DaemonKindChangeTodoActions
 )
 
 const (
 	DaemonKindEnvKey string = "LAZYGIT_DAEMON_KIND"
 
-	// Contains a json-encoded instance of the InteractiveRebaseInstructions struct
-	InteractiveRebaseInstructionsEnvKey string = "LAZYGIT_DAEMON_INSTRUCTIONS"
+	// Contains json-encoded arguments to the daemon
+	DaemonInstructionEnvKey string = "LAZYGIT_DAEMON_INSTRUCTION"
 )
 
-// Exactly one of the fields in this struct is expected to be non-empty
-type InteractiveRebaseInstructions struct {
-	// If this is non-empty, this string is prepended to the git-rebase-todo
-	// file. The string is expected to have newlines at the end of each line.
-	LinesToPrependToRebaseTODO string
+func getInstruction() Instruction {
+	jsonData := os.Getenv(DaemonInstructionEnvKey)
 
-	// If this is non-empty, it tells lazygit to read the original todo file, and
-	// change the action for one or more entries in it.
-	// The existing action of the todo to be changed is expected to be "pick".
-	ChangeTodoActions []ChangeTodoAction
+	mapping := map[DaemonKind]func(string) Instruction{
+		DaemonKindExitImmediately:   deserializeInstruction[*ExitImmediatelyInstruction],
+		DaemonKindCherryPick:        deserializeInstruction[*CherryPickCommitsInstruction],
+		DaemonKindChangeTodoActions: deserializeInstruction[*ChangeTodoActionsInstruction],
+		DaemonKindMoveTodoUp:        deserializeInstruction[*MoveTodoUpInstruction],
+		DaemonKindMoveTodoDown:      deserializeInstruction[*MoveTodoDownInstruction],
+		DaemonKindInsertBreak:       deserializeInstruction[*InsertBreakInstruction],
+	}
 
-	// Can be set to the sha of a "pick" todo that will be moved down by one.
-	ShaToMoveDown string
-
-	// Can be set to the sha of a "pick" todo that will be moved up by one.
-	ShaToMoveUp string
-}
-
-type ChangeTodoAction struct {
-	Sha       string
-	NewAction todo.TodoCommand
-}
-
-type Daemon interface {
-	Run() error
+	return mapping[getDaemonKind()](jsonData)
 }
 
 func Handle(common *common.Common) {
-	d := getDaemon(common)
-	if d == nil {
+	if !InDaemonMode() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if err := d.Run(); err != nil {
+	instruction := getInstruction()
+
+	if err := instruction.run(common); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -77,89 +76,200 @@ func Handle(common *common.Common) {
 }
 
 func InDaemonMode() bool {
-	return getDaemonKind() != ""
-}
-
-func getDaemon(common *common.Common) Daemon {
-	switch getDaemonKind() {
-	case InteractiveRebase:
-		return &rebaseDaemon{c: common}
-	case ExitImmediately:
-		return &exitImmediatelyDaemon{c: common}
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return getDaemonKind() != DaemonKindUnknown
 }
 
 func getDaemonKind() DaemonKind {
-	return DaemonKind(os.Getenv(DaemonKindEnvKey))
-}
-
-type rebaseDaemon struct {
-	c *common.Common
-}
-
-func (self *rebaseDaemon) Run() error {
-	self.c.Log.Info("Lazygit invoked as interactive rebase demon")
-	self.c.Log.Info("args: ", os.Args)
-	path := os.Args[1]
-
-	if strings.HasSuffix(path, "git-rebase-todo") {
-		return self.writeTodoFile(path)
-	} else if strings.HasSuffix(path, filepath.Join(gitDir(), "COMMIT_EDITMSG")) { // TODO: test
-		// if we are rebasing and squashing, we'll see a COMMIT_EDITMSG
-		// but in this case we don't need to edit it, so we'll just return
-	} else {
-		self.c.Log.Info("Lazygit demon did not match on any use cases")
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func (self *rebaseDaemon) writeTodoFile(path string) error {
-	jsonData := os.Getenv(InteractiveRebaseInstructionsEnvKey)
-	instructions := InteractiveRebaseInstructions{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonData), &instructions)
+	intValue, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv(DaemonKindEnvKey))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return DaemonKindUnknown
 	}
 
-	if instructions.LinesToPrependToRebaseTODO != "" {
-		return utils.PrependStrToTodoFile(path, []byte(instructions.LinesToPrependToRebaseTODO))
-	} else if len(instructions.ChangeTodoActions) != 0 {
-		return self.changeTodoAction(path, instructions.ChangeTodoActions)
-	} else if instructions.ShaToMoveDown != "" {
-		return utils.MoveTodoDown(path, instructions.ShaToMoveDown, todo.Pick)
-	} else if instructions.ShaToMoveUp != "" {
-		return utils.MoveTodoUp(path, instructions.ShaToMoveUp, todo.Pick)
+	return DaemonKind(intValue)
+}
+
+// An Instruction is a command to be run by lazygit in daemon mode.
+// It is serialized to json and passed to lazygit via environment variables
+type Instruction interface {
+	Kind() DaemonKind
+	SerializedInstructions() string
+
+	// runs the instruction
+	run(common *common.Common) error
+}
+
+func serializeInstruction[T any](instruction T) string {
+	jsonData, err := json.Marshal(instruction)
+	if err != nil {
+		// this should never happen
+		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	self.c.Log.Error("No instructions were given to daemon")
+	return string(jsonData)
+}
+
+func deserializeInstruction[T Instruction](jsonData string) Instruction {
+	var instruction T
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(jsonData), &instruction)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+
+	return instruction
+}
+
+func ToEnvVars(instruction Instruction) []string {
+	return []string{
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%d", DaemonKindEnvKey, instruction.Kind()),
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", DaemonInstructionEnvKey, instruction.SerializedInstructions()),
+	}
+}
+
+type ExitImmediatelyInstruction struct{}
+
+func (self *ExitImmediatelyInstruction) Kind() DaemonKind {
+	return DaemonKindExitImmediately
+}
+
+func (self *ExitImmediatelyInstruction) SerializedInstructions() string {
+	return serializeInstruction(self)
+}
+
+func (self *ExitImmediatelyInstruction) run(common *common.Common) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (self *rebaseDaemon) changeTodoAction(path string, changeTodoActions []ChangeTodoAction) error {
-	for _, c := range changeTodoActions {
-		if err := utils.EditRebaseTodo(path, c.Sha, todo.Pick, c.NewAction); err != nil {
-			return err
+func NewExitImmediatelyInstruction() Instruction {
+	return &ExitImmediatelyInstruction{}
+}
+
+type CherryPickCommitsInstruction struct {
+	Todo string
+}
+
+func NewCherryPickCommitsInstruction(commits []*models.Commit) Instruction {
+	todoLines := lo.Map(commits, func(commit *models.Commit, _ int) TodoLine {
+		return TodoLine{
+			Action: "pick",
+			Commit: commit,
 		}
+	})
+
+	todo := TodoLinesToString(todoLines)
+
+	return &CherryPickCommitsInstruction{
+		Todo: todo,
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
-func gitDir() string {
-	dir := env.GetGitDirEnv()
-	if dir == "" {
-		return ".git"
+func (self *CherryPickCommitsInstruction) Kind() DaemonKind {
+	return DaemonKindCherryPick
+}
+
+func (self *CherryPickCommitsInstruction) SerializedInstructions() string {
+	return serializeInstruction(self)
+}
+
+func (self *CherryPickCommitsInstruction) run(common *common.Common) error {
+	return handleInteractiveRebase(common, func(path string) error {
+		return utils.PrependStrToTodoFile(path, []byte(self.Todo))
+	})
+}
+
+type ChangeTodoActionsInstruction struct {
+	Changes []ChangeTodoAction
+}
+
+func NewChangeTodoActionsInstruction(changes []ChangeTodoAction) Instruction {
+	return &ChangeTodoActionsInstruction{
+		Changes: changes,
 	}
-	return dir
 }
 
-type exitImmediatelyDaemon struct {
-	c *common.Common
+func (self *ChangeTodoActionsInstruction) Kind() DaemonKind {
+	return DaemonKindChangeTodoActions
 }
 
-func (self *exitImmediatelyDaemon) Run() error {
-	return nil
+func (self *ChangeTodoActionsInstruction) SerializedInstructions() string {
+	return serializeInstruction(self)
+}
+
+func (self *ChangeTodoActionsInstruction) run(common *common.Common) error {
+	return handleInteractiveRebase(common, func(path string) error {
+		for _, c := range self.Changes {
+			if err := utils.EditRebaseTodo(path, c.Sha, todo.Pick, c.NewAction); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	})
+}
+
+type MoveTodoUpInstruction struct {
+	Sha string
+}
+
+func NewMoveTodoUpInstruction(sha string) Instruction {
+	return &MoveTodoUpInstruction{
+		Sha: sha,
+	}
+}
+
+func (self *MoveTodoUpInstruction) Kind() DaemonKind {
+	return DaemonKindMoveTodoUp
+}
+
+func (self *MoveTodoUpInstruction) SerializedInstructions() string {
+	return serializeInstruction(self)
+}
+
+func (self *MoveTodoUpInstruction) run(common *common.Common) error {
+	return handleInteractiveRebase(common, func(path string) error {
+		return utils.MoveTodoUp(path, self.Sha, todo.Pick)
+	})
+}
+
+type MoveTodoDownInstruction struct {
+	Sha string
+}
+
+func NewMoveTodoDownInstruction(sha string) Instruction {
+	return &MoveTodoDownInstruction{
+		Sha: sha,
+	}
+}
+
+func (self *MoveTodoDownInstruction) Kind() DaemonKind {
+	return DaemonKindMoveTodoDown
+}
+
+func (self *MoveTodoDownInstruction) SerializedInstructions() string {
+	return serializeInstruction(self)
+}
+
+func (self *MoveTodoDownInstruction) run(common *common.Common) error {
+	return handleInteractiveRebase(common, func(path string) error {
+		return utils.MoveTodoDown(path, self.Sha, todo.Pick)
+	})
+}
+
+type InsertBreakInstruction struct{}
+
+func NewInsertBreakInstruction() Instruction {
+	return &InsertBreakInstruction{}
+}
+
+func (self *InsertBreakInstruction) Kind() DaemonKind {
+	return DaemonKindInsertBreak
+}
+
+func (self *InsertBreakInstruction) SerializedInstructions() string {
+	return serializeInstruction(self)
+}
+
+func (self *InsertBreakInstruction) run(common *common.Common) error {
+	return handleInteractiveRebase(common, func(path string) error {
+		return utils.PrependStrToTodoFile(path, []byte("break\n"))
+	})
 }
diff --git a/pkg/app/daemon/rebase.go b/pkg/app/daemon/rebase.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8702f0f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/app/daemon/rebase.go
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package daemon
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/fsmiamoto/git-todo-parser/todo"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/generics/slices"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/common"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/env"
+)
+
+type TodoLine struct {
+	Action string
+	Commit *models.Commit
+}
+
+func (self *TodoLine) ToString() string {
+	if self.Action == "break" {
+		return self.Action + "\n"
+	} else {
+		return self.Action + " " + self.Commit.Sha + " " + self.Commit.Name + "\n"
+	}
+}
+
+func TodoLinesToString(todoLines []TodoLine) string {
+	lines := slices.Map(todoLines, func(todoLine TodoLine) string {
+		return todoLine.ToString()
+	})
+
+	return strings.Join(slices.Reverse(lines), "")
+}
+
+type ChangeTodoAction struct {
+	Sha       string
+	NewAction todo.TodoCommand
+}
+
+func handleInteractiveRebase(common *common.Common, f func(path string) error) error {
+	common.Log.Info("Lazygit invoked as interactive rebase demon")
+	common.Log.Info("args: ", os.Args)
+	path := os.Args[1]
+
+	if strings.HasSuffix(path, "git-rebase-todo") {
+		return f(path)
+	} else if strings.HasSuffix(path, filepath.Join(gitDir(), "COMMIT_EDITMSG")) { // TODO: test
+		// if we are rebasing and squashing, we'll see a COMMIT_EDITMSG
+		// but in this case we don't need to edit it, so we'll just return
+	} else {
+		common.Log.Info("Lazygit demon did not match on any use cases")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func gitDir() string {
+	dir := env.GetGitDirEnv()
+	if dir == "" {
+		return ".git"
+	}
+	return dir
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go
index 0f8bfed9d..06e5e0f67 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/patch.go
@@ -105,15 +105,16 @@ func (self *PatchCommands) MovePatchToSelectedCommit(commits []*models.Commit, s
 
 	baseIndex := sourceCommitIdx + 1
 
+	changes := []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{
+		{Sha: commits[sourceCommitIdx].Sha, NewAction: todo.Edit},
+		{Sha: commits[destinationCommitIdx].Sha, NewAction: todo.Edit},
+	}
+	self.os.LogCommand(logTodoChanges(changes), false)
+
 	err := self.rebase.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
 		baseShaOrRoot:  commits[baseIndex].Sha,
 		overrideEditor: true,
-		instruction: ChangeTodoActionsInstruction{
-			actions: []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{
-				{Sha: commits[sourceCommitIdx].Sha, NewAction: todo.Edit},
-				{Sha: commits[destinationCommitIdx].Sha, NewAction: todo.Edit},
-			},
-		},
+		instruction:    daemon.NewChangeTodoActionsInstruction(changes),
 	}).Run()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase.go
index ead8da27a..be5384773 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package git_commands
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/samber/lo"
 )
 
 type RebaseCommands struct {
@@ -56,14 +56,15 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) RewordCommit(commits []*models.Commit, index int, me
 }
 
 func (self *RebaseCommands) RewordCommitInEditor(commits []*models.Commit, index int) (oscommands.ICmdObj, error) {
+	changes := []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{{
+		Sha:       commits[index].Sha,
+		NewAction: todo.Reword,
+	}}
+	self.os.LogCommand(logTodoChanges(changes), false)
+
 	return self.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
 		baseShaOrRoot: getBaseShaOrRoot(commits, index+1),
-		instruction: ChangeTodoActionsInstruction{
-			actions: []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{{
-				Sha:       commits[index].Sha,
-				NewAction: todo.Reword,
-			}},
-		},
+		instruction:   daemon.NewChangeTodoActionsInstruction(changes),
 	}), nil
 }
 
@@ -102,9 +103,13 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) GenericAmend(commits []*models.Commit, index int, f
 func (self *RebaseCommands) MoveCommitDown(commits []*models.Commit, index int) error {
 	baseShaOrRoot := getBaseShaOrRoot(commits, index+2)
 
+	sha := commits[index].Sha
+
+	self.os.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Moving TODO down: %s", utils.ShortSha(sha)), false)
+
 	return self.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
 		baseShaOrRoot:  baseShaOrRoot,
-		instruction:    MoveDownInstruction{sha: commits[index].Sha},
+		instruction:    daemon.NewMoveTodoDownInstruction(sha),
 		overrideEditor: true,
 	}).Run()
 }
@@ -112,9 +117,13 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) MoveCommitDown(commits []*models.Commit, index int)
 func (self *RebaseCommands) MoveCommitUp(commits []*models.Commit, index int) error {
 	baseShaOrRoot := getBaseShaOrRoot(commits, index+1)
 
+	sha := commits[index].Sha
+
+	self.os.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Moving TODO up: %s", utils.ShortSha(sha)), false)
+
 	return self.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
 		baseShaOrRoot:  baseShaOrRoot,
-		instruction:    MoveUpInstruction{sha: commits[index].Sha},
+		instruction:    daemon.NewMoveTodoUpInstruction(sha),
 		overrideEditor: true,
 	}).Run()
 }
@@ -127,74 +136,37 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) InteractiveRebase(commits []*models.Commit, index in
 
 	baseShaOrRoot := getBaseShaOrRoot(commits, baseIndex)
 
+	changes := []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{{
+		Sha:       commits[index].Sha,
+		NewAction: action,
+	}}
+	self.os.LogCommand(logTodoChanges(changes), false)
+
 	return self.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
-		baseShaOrRoot: baseShaOrRoot,
-		instruction: ChangeTodoActionsInstruction{
-			actions: []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{{
-				Sha:       commits[index].Sha,
-				NewAction: action,
-			}},
-		},
+		baseShaOrRoot:  baseShaOrRoot,
 		overrideEditor: true,
+		instruction:    daemon.NewChangeTodoActionsInstruction(changes),
 	}).Run()
 }
 
 func (self *RebaseCommands) EditRebase(branchRef string) error {
-	commands := []TodoLine{{Action: "break"}}
+	self.os.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Beginning interactive rebase at '%s'", branchRef), false)
 	return self.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
 		baseShaOrRoot: branchRef,
-		instruction:   PrependLinesInstruction{todoLines: commands},
+		instruction:   daemon.NewInsertBreakInstruction(),
 	}).Run()
 }
 
-type InteractiveRebaseInstruction interface {
-	// Add our data to the instructions struct, and return a log string
-	serialize(instructions *daemon.InteractiveRebaseInstructions) string
-}
-
-type PrependLinesInstruction struct {
-	todoLines []TodoLine
-}
-
-func (self PrependLinesInstruction) serialize(instructions *daemon.InteractiveRebaseInstructions) string {
-	todoStr := TodoLinesToString(self.todoLines)
-	instructions.LinesToPrependToRebaseTODO = todoStr
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Creating TODO file for interactive rebase: \n\n%s", todoStr)
-}
-
-type ChangeTodoActionsInstruction struct {
-	actions []daemon.ChangeTodoAction
-}
-
-func (self ChangeTodoActionsInstruction) serialize(instructions *daemon.InteractiveRebaseInstructions) string {
-	instructions.ChangeTodoActions = self.actions
-	changeTodoStr := strings.Join(slices.Map(self.actions, func(c daemon.ChangeTodoAction) string {
+func logTodoChanges(changes []daemon.ChangeTodoAction) string {
+	changeTodoStr := strings.Join(slices.Map(changes, func(c daemon.ChangeTodoAction) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", c.Sha, c.NewAction)
 	}), "\n")
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Changing TODO actions: %s", changeTodoStr)
 }
 
-type MoveDownInstruction struct {
-	sha string
-}
-
-func (self MoveDownInstruction) serialize(instructions *daemon.InteractiveRebaseInstructions) string {
-	instructions.ShaToMoveDown = self.sha
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Moving TODO down: %s", self.sha)
-}
-
-type MoveUpInstruction struct {
-	sha string
-}
-
-func (self MoveUpInstruction) serialize(instructions *daemon.InteractiveRebaseInstructions) string {
-	instructions.ShaToMoveUp = self.sha
-	return fmt.Sprintf("Moving TODO up: %s", self.sha)
-}
-
 type PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts struct {
 	baseShaOrRoot  string
-	instruction    InteractiveRebaseInstruction
+	instruction    daemon.Instruction
 	overrideEditor bool
 }
 
@@ -222,22 +194,12 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(opts PrepareInteract
 	gitSequenceEditor := ex
 
 	if opts.instruction != nil {
-		instructions := daemon.InteractiveRebaseInstructions{}
-		logStr := opts.instruction.serialize(&instructions)
-		jsonData, err := json.Marshal(instructions)
-		if err == nil {
-			envVar := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", daemon.InteractiveRebaseInstructionsEnvKey, jsonData)
-			cmdObj.AddEnvVars(envVar)
-			self.os.LogCommand(logStr, false)
-		} else {
-			self.Log.Error(err)
-		}
+		cmdObj.AddEnvVars(daemon.ToEnvVars(opts.instruction)...)
 	} else {
 		gitSequenceEditor = "true"
 	}
 
 	cmdObj.AddEnvVars(
-		daemon.DaemonKindEnvKey+"="+string(daemon.InteractiveRebase),
 		"DEBUG="+debug,
 		"LANG=en_US.UTF-8",   // Force using EN as language
 		"LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8", // Force using EN as language
@@ -309,15 +271,16 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) BeginInteractiveRebaseForCommit(commits []*models.Co
 		return errors.New(self.Tr.DisabledForGPG)
 	}
 
+	changes := []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{{
+		Sha:       commits[commitIndex].Sha,
+		NewAction: todo.Edit,
+	}}
+	self.os.LogCommand(logTodoChanges(changes), false)
+
 	return self.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
 		baseShaOrRoot:  getBaseShaOrRoot(commits, commitIndex+1),
 		overrideEditor: true,
-		instruction: ChangeTodoActionsInstruction{
-			actions: []daemon.ChangeTodoAction{{
-				Sha:       commits[commitIndex].Sha,
-				NewAction: todo.Edit,
-			}},
-		},
+		instruction:    daemon.NewChangeTodoActionsInstruction(changes),
 	}).Run()
 }
 
@@ -364,15 +327,16 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) GenericMergeOrRebaseAction(commandType string, comma
 }
 
 func (self *RebaseCommands) runSkipEditorCommand(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj) error {
+	instruction := daemon.NewExitImmediatelyInstruction()
 	lazyGitPath := oscommands.GetLazygitPath()
 	return cmdObj.
 		AddEnvVars(
-			daemon.DaemonKindEnvKey+"="+string(daemon.ExitImmediately),
 			"GIT_EDITOR="+lazyGitPath,
 			"GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR="+lazyGitPath,
 			"EDITOR="+lazyGitPath,
 			"VISUAL="+lazyGitPath,
 		).
+		AddEnvVars(daemon.ToEnvVars(instruction)...).
 		Run()
 }
 
@@ -406,49 +370,17 @@ func (self *RebaseCommands) DiscardOldFileChanges(commits []*models.Commit, comm
 
 // CherryPickCommits begins an interactive rebase with the given shas being cherry picked onto HEAD
 func (self *RebaseCommands) CherryPickCommits(commits []*models.Commit) error {
-	todoLines := self.BuildTodoLinesSingleAction(commits, "pick")
+	commitLines := lo.Map(commits, func(commit *models.Commit, _ int) string {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", utils.ShortSha(commit.Sha), commit.Name)
+	})
+	self.os.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Cherry-picking commits:\n%s", strings.Join(commitLines, "\n")), false)
 
 	return self.PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommandOpts{
 		baseShaOrRoot: "HEAD",
-		instruction: PrependLinesInstruction{
-			todoLines: todoLines,
-		},
+		instruction:   daemon.NewCherryPickCommitsInstruction(commits),
 	}).Run()
 }
 
-func TodoLinesToString(todoLines []TodoLine) string {
-	lines := slices.Map(todoLines, func(todoLine TodoLine) string {
-		return todoLine.ToString()
-	})
-
-	return strings.Join(slices.Reverse(lines), "")
-}
-
-func (self *RebaseCommands) BuildTodoLines(commits []*models.Commit, f func(*models.Commit, int) string) []TodoLine {
-	return slices.MapWithIndex(commits, func(commit *models.Commit, i int) TodoLine {
-		return TodoLine{Action: f(commit, i), Commit: commit}
-	})
-}
-
-func (self *RebaseCommands) BuildTodoLinesSingleAction(commits []*models.Commit, action string) []TodoLine {
-	return self.BuildTodoLines(commits, func(commit *models.Commit, i int) string {
-		return action
-	})
-}
-
-type TodoLine struct {
-	Action string
-	Commit *models.Commit
-}
-
-func (self *TodoLine) ToString() string {
-	if self.Action == "break" {
-		return self.Action + "\n"
-	} else {
-		return self.Action + " " + self.Commit.Sha + " " + self.Commit.Name + "\n"
-	}
-}
-
 // we can't start an interactive rebase from the first commit without passing the
 // '--root' arg
 func getBaseShaOrRoot(commits []*models.Commit, index int) string {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase_test.go
index b2cd88323..1ef22ff5d 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/rebase_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package git_commands
 
 import (
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ func TestRebaseSkipEditorCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			`^EDITOR=.*$`,
 			`^GIT_EDITOR=.*$`,
 			`^GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=.*$`,
-			"^" + daemon.DaemonKindEnvKey + "=" + string(daemon.ExitImmediately) + "$",
+			"^" + daemon.DaemonKindEnvKey + "=" + strconv.Itoa(int(daemon.DaemonKindExitImmediately)) + "$",
 		} {
 			regexStr := regexStr
 			foundMatch := lo.ContainsBy(envVars, func(envVar string) bool {