One of the greatest and worst things with is that you can rewrite the history. Here’s a sneaky way of abusing that, I can’t think of a legitimate reason to do this. git As with anything, thanks for all the options I can pick from 👍. StackOverflow GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$(date)" git commit --amend --no-edit --date "$(date)" GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="Mon 20 Aug 2018 20:19:19 BST" git commit --amend --no-edit --date "Mon 20 Aug 2018 20:19:19 BST" Rebase to before said commit and stop for amendment: git rebase <commit-hash>^ -i Replace with (edit) on the line with that commit (the first one) pick e quit the editor (ESC followed by in VIM) :wq Either: GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$(date)" git commit --amend --no-edit --date "$(date)" GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="Mon 20 Aug 2018 20:19:19 BST" git commit --amend --no-edit --date "Mon 20 Aug 2018 20:19:19 BST" See here for more information around rebasing and editing in git: . Split an existing git commit Originally published at codewithhugo.com on August 29, 2018.

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