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# Amend (rare)

### Amend

One of the common undos takes place when you commit too early and possibly forget to add some files, or you mess up your commit message. 

If you want to redo that commit, make the additional changes you forgot, stage them, and **commit again** using the `--amend` option:

```
git commit --amend
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Effectively, it’s as if the previous commit never happened, and it won’t show up in your repository history either!
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="danger" %}
We need to use `Esc + : + "wq" (enter)` to exit the message amend screen!
{% endhint %}