[hibernate-dev] Change commit messages?

[Sanne Grinovero]

Also if you don't feel comfortable in doing such operations on an
important branch, consider using

git checkout -b [newBranchName]

first, so you get a clone of the branch where you can safely play
with, or eventually checkout the original branch and start over clean.

Sanne

On 12 January 2012 22:17, Sanne Grinovero <sanne at hibernate.org> wrote:
> Hi Steve,
> assuming you are in the repository and have checked out the branch you
> want to edit, type:
>
> git rebase -i HEAD~2
>
> This will open up an editor, showing two lines: the last commit on the
> bottom and the previous one above it.
> change the "pick" keyword to "r" as the reminder suggests in the
> commented area of the file itself.
>
> Save the file and exit the editor; another editor will be opened to
> allow you to edit the commit message.
>
> The "2" in the command above can be replaced with an higher number to
> allow you to edit the sequence and commit details of a longer history.
> For example to change the sequence of commits, just move the order of
> the lines in the file. To remove a commit from the history, delete a
> line.
>
> There very likely is some clever shortcut to edit just the last commit
> but don't remember it now :)
>
> Cheers,
> Sanne
>
> On 12 January 2012 21:58, Steve Ebersole <steve at hibernate.org> wrote:
>> Anyone know how to change commit messages?  Trying to merge in a pull
>> request where they did not reference the jira key in their commit messages
>>
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