Re: Edit log message after commit

Yasushi SHOJI [off-list ref] writes:

first, create new branch at where you wanna change the message

    git checkout -b temp HEAD^^^   # hmm... HEAD^3 doesn't work

Because it should be spelled HEAD~3.  HEAD^3 is "the third
parent of HEAD" and usually does not exist, unless you are
talking about an Octopus merge of three or more branches.