Jan 27, 2015 · git commit --amend where amend means add to the last commit. Sometimes we forgot to add files to commit. for example abc.txt file was forgot, we can add as follows: git add abc.txt and git commit --amend -m "New commit message" Note: we don't have rollback and undo on this exact name either verbs or option.

Maybe can use git reflog to get two commit before amend and after amend. Then use git diff before_commit_id after_commit_id > d.diff to get diff between before amend and after amend. Next use git checkout before_commit_id to back to before commit. And last use git apply d.diff to apply the real change you did. That solves my problem.

Sep 26, 2014 · B' is the commit resulting from a combination of the changes from B plus the changes you had staged when you issued the git commit --amend. is very important for me. Until now I used to use git commit --amend only to change commit messages. I didn't know I could use git commit --amend to update changes in a commit. –

Apr 19, 2012 · just to add some clarity, you need to stage changes with git add, then amend last commit: git add /path/to/modified/files git commit --amend --no-edit This is especially useful for if you forgot to add some changes in last commit or when you want to add more changes without creating new commits by reusing the last commit.

git commit --amend -m "new message" If you have already pushed, you use rebase. git rebase -i HEAD~1 where 'i' means interface and '1' means the last one. If you want last two, you put '2'. Rebase will take you into a very awkward 'VI' editor. Make sure your keyboard is in "INSERT" mode by insert key.

Jun 24, 2016 · When using --amend Git changes the process a bit. It still writes a new commit as before, but in step 3, instead of writing the new commit with parent = C, it writes it with parent = P. Picture. Pictorially, we can draw what happened this way. We start with a commit graph that ends in P--C, pointed-to by branch:

git commit --amend // or git commit --amend -m "an updated commit message" Don’t amend public commits Amended commits are actually entirely new commits and the previous commit will no longer be on your current branch.

Oct 19, 2010 · don't use --amend. If some work you've done deserves a separate commit (is stable enough, compiling, passing more tests, etc...), create new commit. If not, create temporary branch (something like my-feature-unstable if your branch is my-feature) and commit there.

Oct 21, 2017 · I accidentally used git commit --amend. My text editor is open and waiting for input. I know, that when I close it now (not changing the existing commit message) the commit will be amended. What can I do to abort the process? This blog article says that I can simply delete the commit message and the commit will then not be valid and ignored. Is ...

Jun 17, 2015 · With edit you tell you want to change the message. Git moves you to a new branch to let you --amend the message. git rebase --continue puts you back in your previous branch with the message changed. Case 4 : Already pushed + old commit: Edit your message with the same 3 steps process as above (rebase -i, commit --amend, rebase --continue). Then ...