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git replace — Create, list, and delete refs to replace objects. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-re

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Problem

How to use the git replace command: Create, list, and delete refs to replace objects. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-replace>.

Solution

git replace — Create, list, and delete refs to replace objects. More information: <https://git-scm.com/docs/git-replace>.

Replace any commit with a different one, leaving other commits unchanged:

git replace {{object}} {{replacement}}

Delete existing replace refs for the given objects:

git replace {{[-d|--delete]}} {{object}}

Edit an object's content interactively:

git replace --edit {{object}}

Code Snippets

Replace any commit with a different one, leaving other commits unchanged

git replace {{object}} {{replacement}}

Delete existing replace refs for the given objects

git replace {{[-d|--delete]}} {{object}}

Edit an object's content interactively

git replace --edit {{object}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/git replace

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