How do I change a remote commit message of an very old commit in GIT with rebase

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I have an old commit message that I want to edit, but in rebase I can get only the last 35 commands

Where did you take that 35 commands limit? I have never heard of it. And I just tested with rebase 60 commits back with no problem. — Igal S., May 15 '16 at 11:44
I write: "git rebase -i HEAD~60" and get "fatal: Needed a single revision" — Joseph, May 15 '16 at 13:10
I suggest you try `HEAD^60` - There is a difference. You can read about it here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2221658/whats-the-difference-between-head-and-head-in-git — Igal S., May 15 '16 at 13:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 15 '16 at 14:19

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Locate the commit you want to change message for and copy it's SHA-1. Then do git rebase -i <SHA-1>~1.

answered May 15 '16 at 14:19

madhead

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Summary of solution:

OP used git rebase -i HEAD~60 to locate the commit to rebase on.

The correct way to use it is:

git rebase -i HEAD^60

It is worth reading the difference between ~ and ^ in: What's the difference between HEAD^ and HEAD~ in Git?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

Community

answered May 15 '16 at 15:07

Igal S.

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