Notes for conventional commits requirements

Sometimes the conv. commits requirements can bite you. Here are some tips about how to fix things if you accidentally forget to prefix your commit message as required.

Change a single commit message

If you commited a change, but didn't yet push it up to GitHub, use this command to change the commit message:

git commit --amend

Change the commit message in the text editor.

If you did push the commit up to GitHub, then do the above PLUS:

git push --force-with-lease origin EXAMPLE-BRANCH

If you updated a branch from main before merging

The biggest offender for the commit messages is definitely the UI update branch in GitHub. Fix it like this:

git pull
git commit --amend
# Edit the commit message in vim editor and add proper prefix
git push --force