Once a commit cements itself in git’s history—that’s it. It’s impossible to amend a commit message buried deep in a repo’s log1.
But git notes enable you to amend new information about old commits in a special namespace. And they’re capable of so much more.
The article has an answer to this in the second paragraph.
Once a commit cements itself in git’s history—that’s it. It’s impossible to amend a commit message buried deep in a repo’s log1.
But git notes enable you to amend new information about old commits in a special namespace. And they’re capable of so much more.
The article has an answer to this in the second paragraph.