Let's assume i have 3 commits:
Added bar.txt (3)
Second Commit (2)
Initial Commit (1)
How can i change the commit message from (2)
by using its SHA ID?
The commit was not pushed to the remote repository yet.
I tried: git commit --amend -m "Added foo.txt" 8457931
8457931
are the first 7 numbers from the SHA ID.
Reason why this is not a duplicate: I ask on how to change the commit message by using the SHA ID to point at the commit which i would like to change, unlike in the linked question.
To change the most recent commit message, use the git commit --amend command. To change older or multiple commit messages, use git rebase -i HEAD~N . Don't amend pushed commits as it may potentially cause a lot of problems to your colleagues.
commit message Show activity on this post. Amending a Git commit changes the commit date (which is different from the date you initially see when running git log -- run git log --format=fuller to see the commit date). The commit date is taken into account when creating the commit hash.
Do an interactive rebase, it is described in https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History
git rebase -i HEAD~2
Mark all as 'pick'(just retain that commit) or 'reword' for changing message. Note that all these commits will be rewritten, so it's better not to go deeper than origin/HEAD
points
EDIT: you need to rebase on parent of the commit in question (note the ~1
after sha)
git rebase --interactive <your_sha>~1
Now a file opens:
pick b35b85c second commit
pick 9cc745b Initial commit
Search the line where your target commit is and change pick
to reword
:
reword b35b85c second commit
pick 9cc745b Initial commit
Save the file. Now another file opens, delete the first line and replace it with your new commit message. Save the file. Done.
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