How to recommit in git

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I have commited some change with git. Now I would like to change the commit text. Is there any possibility to do that? I am using eclipse git and gittortoise

Possible duplicate of [Edit an incorrect commit message in Git](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/179123/edit-an-incorrect-commit-message-in-git) — ThomasThiebaud, Feb 03 '16 at 09:31
Use `git commit --amend` ... keep in mind this will _rewrite_ the HEAD of your branch, so when you push you will have to use `git push --force` — Tim Biegeleisen, Feb 03 '16 at 09:34

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '16 at 09:42

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you may use git commit --amend -m "message" or may do this which is fairly equivalent :

$ git reset --soft HEAD
$ ... do something else to come up with the right tree ...
$ git commit -c ORIG_HEAD

answered Feb 03 '16 at 09:42

the_unknown_spirit

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