Question

I used a very bad log template and has issued git push for that commit. How can I modify or delete this log entry?

Answer 1

The answer depends on whether or not other people have pulled your commit. If they have, then you’re stuck with the bad template (or at least getting every local pull of the commit corrected probably isn’t worth your time). If others haven’t pulled it…

If it’s the most recent commit, you can use git commit --amend.

If it’s a commit a certain number in the past (call it commit abcd1234), then you can use git rebase:

git rebase -i abcd1234~1

In the interactive screen, change pick to reword for that commit, and leave the rest the same. The rebase will continue to that commit, then pause, allowing you to reword the commit message.

In either case, you’ll need to “force push” the rebased branch up:

git push --force origin <branch> ;# using the `--force` flag
git push origin +:<branch> ;# same as above, just different syntax