Edit your commit messages in GIT

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Sometimes intentionally or unintentionally you may have given a wrong commit message due to various reasons.

But don’t worry…

You can change your commit messages with GIT rebase command.

Step 1: Checkout Branch

checkout your branch where you want to change your commit messages

git checkout <branch>

Step2: Pull last N commits

Rebase will help you modify your commit messages, squash and merge all your commits into one, but this tutorial is mainly to edit your messages. I will talk more about rebase in another tutorial.

git rebase -i HEAD~N

display a list of the lastNcommits in your default text editor.

Commit History

Step3: Long live Reword

Replace pick with `reword` before each commit message you want to change.

Reword is the savior

Step 4: May the Force be with you !!!

git push -f origin <branch>

Step 5: Have a break !!!!