Git commit as part of previous commit

Question

Is it possible to commit your changes as part of a previous commit? Like add to your most recent commit with whatever you just changed?

https://www.atlassian.com/git/tutorials/rewriting-history - commit with --amend — Shimon Cohen, Aug 23 '20 at 18:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 23 '20 at 18:09

Yes, it's called amending.

git commit --amend

You can even change the commit message of the last commit.

git commit --amend --message "my new message"

It's worth knowing that even though the commit is the same one from a human perspective, the SHA hash will change, so if you were referring to it by hash for any purpose, the reference won't work anymore.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 23 '20 at 18:10

If you want to turn the last two revisions into a single one:

git reset --soft HEAD~
git commit --amend --no-edit # use the message from the (originally) 2nd to last revision

Or, you could set up a new message:

git reset --soft HEAD~
git commit --amend -m "new message"

Git commit as part of previous commit

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