Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2021 12:45:38 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Gordon Bergling <gbe@freebsd.org> Cc: git@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Correction of a commit message Message-ID: <CANCZdfoO=kYa_T3dO4fuDa5ampqAT=A5p6qDS3M9b0Oi9RY-Xg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <YE0S7pkc%2Bn7mWRoS@lion.0xfce3.net> References: <YE0S7pkc%2Bn7mWRoS@lion.0xfce3.net>
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On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 12:30 PM Gordon Bergling <gbe@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I made a small mistake while commiting a change for the ls(1) man pagei > [1]. I used > 'git commit --amend' and corrected the commit-message, but I wasn't be > able to > push that commit, because git reported, that my local tree was outdated, > which > is simply not correct. > > Is the '--amend' option intended to work in that situation, or did I miss > something? > You can use that before you push, but not after. We've been recommending 'git show' for each commit prior to pushing... After the push, it's not possible to change. Warner --Gordon > > [1] > https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/?id=a9275d996c229a30879baa42a6d02d24663ac43b > -- > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-git@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-git > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-git-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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