SHELL

change git commit message

git commit --amend -m "New commit message"

change commit message

git commit --amend
// press enter, editor would open

change git commit message

git commit --amend -m "New message"

change commit message git

git commit --amend -m 'commit message'

change git commit message

git commit --amend -m "changing commit message"

change git committed message

git commit --amend
# follow prompts to change the commit message

git change an old commit message

git rebase -i HEAD~4
pick e459d80 Do xyz
pick 0459045 Do something
pick 90fdeab Do something else
pick facecaf Do abc

#Now replace pick with reword for the commits
# you want to edit the messages of
pick e459d80 Do xyz
reword 0459045 Do something
reword 90fdeab Do something else
pick facecaf Do abc


# Exit the editor after saving the file, 
# and next you will be prompted to edit the messages 
# for the commits you had marked reword, in one file per message.

#Source https://stackoverflow.com/a/45302710/11266661