git-commit - Record changes to the repository along with a log message.
Stores the current contents of the index in a new commit along with a log message from the user describing the changes.
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Edit the root commit in Git?
There's ways to change the message from later commits:
git commit --amend # for the most recent commit
git rebase --interactive master~2 # but requires *parent*
How can you change the commit message of the very first commit…
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How do I commit only some files?
I have two projects. One is the "official" project and the second is a light modification (some files added). I created new branch and I put new files to them. But in during development some files common to both branches is changed.
How do I commit…
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What does "Changes not staged for commit" mean
I thought if you want to track the files you should git add [files you want to track]
I don't know why I got the messages Changes not staged for commit.
If those files were not staged, shouldn't git shows me those files were Untracked like…
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How can I undo a `git commit` locally and on a remote after `git push`
I have performed git commit followed by a git push. How can I revert that change on both local and remote repositories?
$ git log
commit 364705c23011b0fc6a7ca2d80c86cef4a7c4db7ac8
Author: Michael Silver
Date: Tue Jun 11…
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How to find the commit in which a given file was added?
Say I have a file foo.js that was committed some time ago. I would like to
simply find the commit where this file was first added.
After reading the answers and my own tinkering, this works for me
git log --follow --diff-filter=A --find-renames=40%…
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How to amend several commits in Git to change author
I have made a series of commits in Git and I realise now that I forgot to set my user name and user email properties correctly (new machine). I have not yet pushed these commits to my repository, so how can I correct these commits before I do so…
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How to remove the first commit in git?
I am curious about how to remove the first commit in git.
What is the revision before committing any thing? Does this revision have a name or tag?
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Vim for Windows - What do I type to save and exit from a file?
Using Windows XP I accidentally typed git commit -a instead of git commit -am "My commit message", and now I'm viewing my CMD prompt filled with the file version of my commit message ("Please enter the commit message for your..."). I've added my…
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How to 'git commit' a single file/directory
I tried the following command:
git commit path/to/my/file.ext -m 'my notes'
And received an error in Git version 1.5.2.1:
error: pathspec '-m' did not match any file(s) known to git.
error: pathspec 'MY MESSAGE' did not match any file(s) known to…
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How to undo the last commit in git
By mistake, I did git add . and git commit in the develop branch. But luckily, I did not do git push.
So I wanted to revert it back to original state.
I tried git reset --soft and git reset HEAD --hard but looks like I have messed it up.
How do I…
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Why does 'git commit' not save my changes?
I did a git commit -m "message" like this:
> git commit -m "save arezzo files"
# On branch master
# Changes not staged for commit:
# (use "git add ..." to update what will be committed)
# (use "git checkout -- ..." to discard changes…
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How to save a git commit message from windows cmd?
I run git from the command line.
How does one save the commit message?
I mean what keys should I press to go past this screen:
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What is a dangling commit and a blob in a Git repository and where do they come from?
I'm looking for the basic information on dangling commits and blobs.
My repository seems fine. But I ran git fsck for the first time to see what it did and I have a long list of 'dangling blobs' and a single 'dangling commit'.
What are these things?…
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Remove commit from history
I entered a curseword in my code and I pushed the code on the master branch. I pushed a few more times after that so people do not pull the bad stuff, but I can still find the curseword in the commits history.
I don't want to add the file to…
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Git, see a list of comments of my last N commits
Is there a way to see a list of comments and time of my last N commits in Git?
After looking on SO, the only relevant thing I have found is
Git - get all commits and blobs they created, but it shows all commits from all users, and outputs a lot of…
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