git commit --amend without asking for message

Question

From time to time I find myself commit-amending using the same message.

Typically, I do:

1. Add my changes to staging area.
2. Do git commit --amend.
3. Wait for the text editor to open.
4. Save and close it (without changing the message).

There is anyway to tell git that I don't want to change the commit message (skipping the step of opening my text editor and saving the message)? Like:

1. Add my changes to staging area.
2. Tell git to amend my staging area to the last commit without asking me for another message.

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I know I can avoid git firing up my text editor by doing git commit --amend -m "<message>". But this way I would have to retype the message.

Solution 1

Try git commit --amend --no-edit.

Solution 2

This will amend the latest commit, using that same message, in one command:

git commit --amend -C HEAD

Comments

[crsuarezf]

This option works perfectly on centOS 6.7 (final). because --no-edit option is not yet avaiable in that platform, through a standard git yum install. NOTE: git version 1.7.1

[meustrus]

From stackoverflow.com/a/10365442/710377: This option was added in Git 1.7.9.

[Pat Myron]

Note: The --no-edit flag was added in Git 1.7.9: github.com/git/git/blob/… The other answer will work for previous Git versions