amend

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? Shaggie 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 from the other commit such as the timestamp which may or may not be important to you. git commit -C HEAD --amend will do what you want. The -C option takes the metadata from another commit. Another (silly) possibility is to git commit --amend <<< :wq if you've got vi(m) as $EDITOR . To extend on

In my local repo I have one commit with an incorrect commit message. I've already published the incorrect commit message with git push . Now the remote repo (which is GitHub-hosted) has the incorrect commit message, too. I've already tried git commit --amend , but found that it will not work for me in this situation because I've made additional commits since the incorrect one. How would you fix this situation? Dan Moulding Easiest solution ( but please read this whole answer before doing this ): git rebase -i <hash-of-commit-preceding-the-incorrect-one> In the editor that opens, change pick to

I have seen GIT commit --amend in detached HEAD state . The question requires the answer to be more complex than needs be. I'd like to understand just how git commit --amend works in a normal HEAD situation. Assume that you're in a clean working state and that your repo looks as follows: If you then run git commit --amend write a commit message, save and quit your editor, the following happens: Your staging area—which, if you haven't staged any new changes, will be identical to commit f42c5 —is used to create a new commit: 31b8e . Its parent(s) will be the same as that(those) of the commit you