Commit --amend and --no-edit

[gabrielseibel1]

Hi. I'm trying to implement a simple git commit --amend --no-edit using go-git. I noticed the compatibility table states commit is supported, without any notes on specific flags. Are the flags --amend and --no-edit implemented and I'm missing something? If this is not currently possible with this module, maybe the documentation could state it upfront.

[mcuadros]

git has two levels of abstraction, you can perfectly do this task with the plumbing part, that's why this commit is mark as supported.

What is not supported is a CommiOption with the Amend flag, we go-git can not aim to support all the porcelain features, socially this kind that is very user-oriented.

Anyway, PRs are welcome.

[pmoody-]

Hi,

I find myself wanting to do something similar. Are there any examples of using the low-level plumbing interface(s) for doing sort of commit re-writing?

Cheers

[john-cai]

#438

[sosheskaz]

This is probably an ugly solution, but you can approximate the effect of amend by:

1. Set toAmend to the commit you would like to amend.
2. Set parent to the parent of toAmend
3. Checkout toAmend
4. Perform a soft reset to toAmend's parent.
5. Make any modifications to the tree.
6. Perform a commit.
7. Reset any additional plumbing.References.

Worked well for my purposes, but I'm also not really dealing with branches, so YMMV with references.

[gabrielseibel1]

Hi. OP here. I've no more interest in this effort, I've left the company where I was trying to work that out. Should I close this issue?

[pjbgf]

Closing as done - #438.