How do I edit an incorrect commit message in TortoiseHG Mercurial?

Question

I mistakenly did a TortoiseHG commit while trying to do a new line, and wrote the totally wrong thing in the commit message. How can I change the commit message here ?

I have not yet pushed the commit.

Benavidez

Answer 1

Select "Amend current revision" from dropdown menu of commit button (marked on screenshot). Button title will become "Amend". Enter new commit message and click amend button.

Firstly

Note that you can't do this if the revision has already been pushed. So this makes the --pushafter= option (automatically push after a commit) less attractive. – Bledsoe

Answer 2

• Histedit extension allow you to edit commit message
• You can perform next commit (change nothing) with --amend option and corrected commit message

hg add adding file.txt

hg commit -m "Init"

hg commit -m "Initial commit" --amend saved backup bundle to 719f9ea026f3-amend-backup.hg

hg log

changeset:   0:355197b0c857
...
summary:     Initial commit

Colman