How to change commit message?

If you mistakenly wrote the wrong message git commit -m "the wrong message",
there is a command called git rebase -i HEAD~n.
( Thank God !!! )

1º STEP: KNOW WHERE YOUR COMMIT IS LOCATED.

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But before changing the commit message, you need to know the position of the commit in chronological order. For that, just run the command git log --oneline, something like this will appear:

93ed9ab message 1 -> last commit.

93ed9ab message 2

93ed9ab message 3

93ed9ab message 4 -> the wrong message !

Now we know the position of the message !

2º STEP: RUN THE CHANGE COMMAND

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To update the message of this commit in position 4, we need to run the command as follows: git rebase -i HEAD~4.

Next, a file in your terminal will open a sequence of commits as follows:

pick 93ed9ab message 4 -> the wrong message !

pick 93ed9ab message 3

pick 93ed9ab message 2

pick 93ed9ab message 1

3º STEP: SET THE COMMIT THAT WANTS TO CHANGE THE MESSAGE.

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To change the commit message we need to change the word pick by reword in the message that we are going to change, as follows:

! Tip for inserting or editing file in windows git bash:

1- At the terminal:

• Press the I key and start editing the file.
• When finished editing or inserting, press the ESC key, and then to save the edition type :wq and press ENTER.

After the change it will look like this:

reword 93ed9ab message 4 -> the wrong message !

pick 93ed9ab message 3

pick 93ed9ab message 2

pick 93ed9ab message 1

Then save the file and close it.

4º STEP: CHANGE COMMIT MESSAGE

Soon after, another file will be opened for editing the commit message, appearing as follows:

message 4

Follow the previous steps to edit and save the file and ready commit message changed. \o/

### 5º AND LAST STEP: SEND CHANGES TO GITHUB FORCING THE git push.

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Now we need to commit the changed message to github. Run the following command:

git push --force

Ready change of the completed message and available on the remote server ! . \o/

#### Congratulations !!!
#### GOOD STUDIES !

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Author: Alef Ojeda de Oliveira.

github: nemuba.

linkedin: alef-ojeda.