January 1, 2020

Edit the message of the last commit

To edit the message of the last commit run:

$ git commit --amend

The shell should open a text editor with the message of your last commit such as:

Commit message you want to edit

# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
#
# Date:      Fri Jul 28 17:58:22 2023 +0200
#
# On branch refactor-text
# Changes to be committed:
#   modified:   file.md
#

Edit the message:

Commit message edited 

# Please enter the commit message for your changes. Lines starting
# with '#' will be ignored, and an empty message aborts the commit.
#
# Date:      Fri Jul 28 17:58:22 2023 +0200
#
# On branch refactor-text
# Changes to be committed:
#   modified:   file.md
#

Save and close the text editor.

You are done.

You can check that the last commit message was edited by running:

$ git log -1 HEAD

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