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TheCoder
TheCoder

Reputation: 8913

Unintended commit by Git

I committed a java file using

git commit -a

I forgot to add a file to said commit so I tried to amend the previous one using

git commit -a --amend

When the editor opened up, I changed my mind and closed the editor using :q!.

I then did a git log and my unintentional commit was successful.

Anyone know why git went ahead and committed my 'aborted' commit?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 134

Answers (1)

hjpotter92
hjpotter92

Reputation: 80639

When you amend a commit, irrespective of whether you forcefully quit the editor or anything, the amend will be successful as long as the commit message was not empty when the .git/COMMIT_MESSAGE file was last saved.

So, with git commit --amend, if you previously had a commit message; you'd need to remove the entire message and then save the buffer. When you quit the edit, the amend step will be aborted.

Upvotes: 1

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