edit commit code example

Example 1: edit last commit message

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

Example 2: git amend

git commit --amend

Example 3: git amend

git commit --amend -m "an updated commit message"

Example 4: how to edit old commit message in git

# Displays a list of the last 3 commits on the current branch
$ git rebase -i HEAD~3