Re: Query on git commit amend

From: Dirk Süsserott <newsletter@dirk.my1.cc>
Date: Dec 6, 2011, 19:09 UTC
Message-ID: <4EDE687E.7020604@dirk.my1.cc>
In-Reply-To: <20111206130138.119db519.kostix@domain007.com>

Am 06.12.2011 10:01 schrieb Konstantin Khomoutov:

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> On Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:53:00 +0530
> Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@st.com> wrote:
> 
>> Suppose i want to add few new changes to my last commit (HEAD).
>> The way i do it is
>> $ git add all_changed_files
>> $ git commit --amend
>>
>> OR
>> $ git commit --amend -a
>>
>> With both these ways, i get a screen to edit the message too.
>>
>> I want to know if there is a way to skip this screen.
>>
>> i.e.
>> $ git commit --amend -a -some_other_option
>>
>> which simply adds new changes to existing commit, without asking to
>> change message.
>>
>> If there is no such way, then can we add a patch for this, if it
>> looks a valid case.
> git commit --amend -C HEAD

$ git commit --amend -C HEAD

works fine but will keep the authorship (name _and_ date). To change the date to the current timestamp, use

$ git commit --amend -C HEAD --reset-author

Note that this will also change the author's name to yours, so it depends on your case. The commiter's name and timestamp are always updated to "you/now", independently of that option. To change only the author's date, use --date=<date>.

Cheers,
    Dirk