I’m looking for a counter-part of git commit –amend in Mercurial, i.e. a way to modify the commit which my working copy is linked to. I’m only interested in the last commit, not an arbitrary earlier commit. The requirements for this amend-procedure are: if possible, it should not require any extensions. It must not require … Read more
There’s ways to change the message from later commits: git commit –amend # for the most recent commit git rebase –interactive master~2 # but requires *parent* How can you change the commit message of the very first commit (which has no parent)? 5 Answers 5
When I’ve worked a bit with my source code, I did my usual thing commit and then I pushed to a remote repository. But then I noticed I forgot to organize my imports in the source code. So I do the amend command to replace the previous commit: > git commit –amend Unfortunately the commit … Read more
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
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
This question’s answers are a community effort. Edit existing answers to improve this post. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. I wrote the wrong thing in a commit message. How can I change the message? The commit has not been pushed yet. 2 27 Amending the most recent commit message git commit … Read more
