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Re: Fix commit message after push?

From
Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Dec 27, 2008, 21:19 UTC
Message-ID
<20081227211944.GZ21154@genesis.frugalware.org>
In-Reply-To
<2729632a0812271313l74e9bb85l857a3ad3a3f0d8d8@mail.gmail.com>
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 01:13:46PM -0800, skillzero@gmail.com wrote:
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> Is there a way to fix a commit message after the commit has already
> pushed to someone else? I typed the wrong commit message then I pushed
> to the remote repository before realizing it. I tried git commit
> --amend to fix it in my local repository, but it rejects the
> subsequent push. I somewhat understand why it's rejecting it (my
> --amend rewrote history and now they are out-of-sync), but I was
> wondering if there is a general way to handle situations like this
> with git.
git push -f
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#head-c1dc263aca199d347f28872249e6c1f5d519a2df
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  1. skillzero@gmail.comDec 27, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaDec 27, 2008

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