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When git does a commit it rewrites binary files with something similar to rewrite foobar.bin (76%). What is that %? Is it percent changed or percent retained from the older file. I know that git uses a binary delta for files, but I just don't know how much of a rewrite the % represents and it doesn't seem to be in the help page for git help commit.
Thanks!
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Roughly speaking, if the diff between the old and new version is bigger than the new version itself, it's a "rewrite". This is tuned for git's original use case of changing source files, most often making localised changes: since it is based on a line-by-line diff, things like reindenting a source file can trigger it.
If you've already created a fresh commit, you'll want to use git rebase -i to squash your commit on top of the old one. After you've made this change locally, and verified your commit looks the way you want it to, you'll have to git push --force to overwrite history on the Github remote.
If you commit without using the -m option, git will open your default text editor with a new file, which will include a commented-out list of all the files/changes that are staged in the commit.
Changing the latest Git commit message If the message to be changed is for the latest commit to the repository, then the following commands are to be executed: git commit --amend -m "New message" git push --force repository-name branch-name.
Its a measure of the similarity index. The similarity index is the percentage of unchanged lines. git thinks your file is text.
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