Amend commit message in Show Log

[Keith]

It would be very convenient to be able to edit the commit message in
Show Log.

( Especially as I usually do not notice until after other commits so
using the Git command line is less than convenient )

Am I missing something obvious?

[Robert Pollak]

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You have to use the rebase dialog, which is the GUI equivalent of "git rebase -i".
See e.g. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/179123/how-do-i-edit-an-incorrect-commit-message-in-git
for more info, especially the paragraph starting with
"Note that you will not want to change commits that you have already pushed."

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[jonathan...@gmail.com]

I think it would very useful especially if you dont have to commit.

[rka...@gmail.com]

I concur - being able to amend an earlier commit message right there, without going through the rebase process, would be very useful.

[ch3c...@gmail.com]

Please open an issue for further discussion of this enhancement request.

rka...@gmail.com於 2013年2月3日星期日UTC+8上午12時46分40秒寫道：

[truc...@gmail.com]

Did this ever get looked at?

[Sven Strickroth]

Hi,

a commit message is not just a meta-data like in Subversion or other
VCS. In Git the messages are part of the history which should not be
rewritten recklessly: It's a rebase operation and therefore this should
be done using the rebase dialog. - If it's the very last message, you
can easily amend the last commit for changing the message.

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