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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index 547c9364b9..7fd3791b5e 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1416,8 +1416,8 @@ with the changes to be reverted, then you will be asked to fix conflicts manually, just as in the case of <<resolving-a-merge, resolving a merge>>. -[[fixing-a-mistake-by-editing-history]] -Fixing a mistake by editing history +[[fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history]] +Fixing a mistake by rewriting history ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If the problematic commit is the most recent commit, and you have not @@ -1440,7 +1440,7 @@ Again, you should never do this to a commit that may already have been merged into another branch; use gitlink:git-revert[1] instead in that case. -It is also possible to edit commits further back in the history, but +It is also possible to replace commits further back in the history, but this is an advanced topic to be left for <<cleaning-up-history,another chapter>>. @@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ This can happen, for example, if you: - use `git reset --hard` to remove already-published commits, or - use `git commit --amend` to replace already-published commits - (as in <<fixing-a-mistake-by-editing-history>>), or + (as in <<fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history>>), or - use `git rebase` to rebase any already-published commits (as in <<using-git-rebase>>). @@ -2472,11 +2472,11 @@ return mywork to the state it had before you started the rebase: $ git rebase --abort ------------------------------------------------- -[[modifying-one-commit]] -Modifying a single commit +[[rewriting-one-commit]] +Rewriting a single commit ------------------------- -We saw in <<fixing-a-mistake-by-editing-history>> that you can replace the +We saw in <<fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history>> that you can replace the most recent commit using ------------------------------------------------- @@ -2486,8 +2486,10 @@ $ git commit --amend which will replace the old commit by a new commit incorporating your changes, giving you a chance to edit the old commit message first. -You can also use a combination of this and gitlink:git-rebase[1] to edit -commits further back in your history. First, tag the problematic commit with +You can also use a combination of this and gitlink:git-rebase[1] to +replace a commit further back in your history and recreate the +intervening changes on top of it. First, tag the problematic commit +with ------------------------------------------------- $ git tag bad mywork~5 |