Re: Editing Git Log

From: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
Date: Sep 18, 2008, 06:13 UTC
Message-ID: <48D1F19E.60907@panasas.com>
In-Reply-To: <48D1ECB4.9080808@tensilica.com>

Piet Delaney wrote:

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> I think I recall reading that a feature of git was the prevention of the 
> git commits
> from being changed. I noticed today that a couple of us have checked in 
> files
> without our customary [XTENSA] architecture prefixed to the 1st line of our
> Commit Messages.
> 
> I couldn't find a way to do this, other than our reverting back to a 
> earlier repository
> and recommitting (each?) change with the slightly changed Commit Message;
> not an attractive investment of our time.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> -piet
> --

git rebase --interactive FIRST_BAD_COMMIT^ will effectively do the same as above but in a nice automated way. Just change pick => edit on these patches that need fixing, you'll see.

Boaz