📝 Rewriting a Git Commit Message

So you started contributing to a new project and have an excellent contribution to make. You code it up, test it, and wrap it up in a commit. You are exceedingly proud of yourself and then you realize that your commit message is a little unclear and also you have a typo. fiz: typo There is something ironic about this commit isn’t there 😏. Let’s fix this message, we can address the typo and make the message more expressive. Perhaps we can make the message something like the following: ...

April 15, 2025 · Stephan Rayner