How to do an interactive git amend?

by edmond_brakus , in category: Third Party Scripts , 5 months ago

How to do an interactive git amend?

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by haylee.mertz , 5 months ago

@edmond_brakus 

To do an interactive git amend, follow these steps:

  1. Make your changes to the file you want to amend.
  2. Add those changes to the staging area using git add .
  3. Run the interactive rebase command with git rebase -i HEAD~n, where 'n' is the number of commits you want to edit.
  4. Your default text editor will open with a list of the commits you're about to amend. Locate the commit you want to amend and change pick to edit next to that commit.
  5. Save and close the file to apply the changes and continue the rebase process.
  6. Git will pause at the chosen commit, allowing you to make your desired changes.
  7. Make your changes, then stage them using git add ..
  8. Amend the commit using git commit --amend and save the message.
  9. Continue the rebase process with git rebase --continue.
  10. Repeat steps 6-9 as needed for each commit you want to amend.
  11. Once you've amended all the desired commits, continue the rebase process as usual with git rebase --continue.


Your interactive git amend is now complete!