Is there a way to amend a commit without vi (or your $EDITOR) popping up with the option to modify your commit message, but simply reusing the previous message? 6 s 6 Since git 1.7.9 version you can also use git commit –amend –no-edit to get your result. Note that this will not include metadata … Read more
The answers to How to modify existing, unpushed commits? describe a way to amend previous commit messages that haven’t yet been pushed upstream. The new messages inherit the timestamps of the original commits. This seems logical, but is there a way to also re-set the times? 27 s 27 You can do an interactive rebase … Read more
I have made several commits on different files, but so far I would like to push to my remote repository only a specific commit. Is that possible? 8 s 8 To push up through a given commit, you can write: git push <remotename> <commit SHA>:<remotebranchname> provided <remotebranchname> already exists on the remote. (If it doesn’t, … Read more
Is there a way to list all commits that changed a specific file? 17 s 17 The –follow works for a particular file git log –follow — filename Difference to other solutions given Note that other solutions include git log path (without the –follow). That approach is handy if you want to track e.g. changes … Read more
I have made a git commit and subsequent push. I would like to change the commit message. If I understand correctly, this is not advisable because someone might have pulled from the remote repository before I make such changes. What if I know that no one has pulled? Is there a way to do this? … Read more
I have a git repository that looks like this: A <- B <- C <- D <- HEAD I want the head of the branch to point to A, i.e. I want B, C, D, and HEAD to disappear and I want head to be synonymous with A. It sounds like I can either try … Read more
I accidentally amended my previous commit. The commit should have been separate to keep history of the changes I made to a particular file. Is there a way to undo that last commit? If I do something like git reset –hard HEAD^, the first commit also is undone. (I have not yet pushed to any … Read more
