Committing changes
c opens the commit menu in the Magit status buffer, allowing you to create new commits, amend, extend, reword.
Commit commands
The Magit commit menu can be used to create new commits at the HEAD of the commit history.
Changing a commit generates a new SHA identity, creating a commit in the history, replacing the current HEAD commit.
| Tool | Magit | Description |
|---|---|---|
| create | c c |
creates a new commit and prompts for a commit message |
| Amend | c a |
add staged changes to HEAD commit and commit message can be edited |
| Reword | c w |
edit the commit message, ignore any staged changes |
| Extend | c e |
add all staged files to the HEAD commit, no message editing |