Using IntelliJ to amend git commit message

Question

Can one amend a git commit message using IntelliJ, or should one resort to command line?

How can this be done please?

Answer 1

View => Tool Windows => Version Control. (Windows (Alt + 9) / OS X (Cmd + 9))

IntelliJ 2017.1 and higher => Go to Log and right click + reword or press F2.

While you are on the same branch, ( your checked out branch is the same )

Answer 2

Amend is supported: invoke "Commit Changes" and select the checkbox "Amend commit" in the Commit Dialog. Then press "Commit" button, and the commit will be amended to the previous one.

However, the support is limited:

• you can't see the details of the commit being amended,
• if you don't have any uncommitted changes (for example, you just want to change the message of the previous commit without adding more changes to it), you won't be able to invoke "Commit".