How do I edit an incorrect commit message in TortoiseHG Mercurial?

Question

I mistakenly did a TortoiseHG commit while trying to do a new line, and wrote the totally wrong thing in the commit message. How can I change the commit message here ?

I have not yet pushed the commit.

Answer 1

Select "Amend current revision" from dropdown menu of commit button (marked on screenshot). Button title will become "Amend". Enter new commit message and click amend button.

Answer 2

• Histedit extension allow you to edit commit message
• You can perform next commit (change nothing) with --amend option and corrected commit message

hg add adding file.txt

hg commit -m "Init"

hg commit -m "Initial commit" --amend saved backup bundle to 719f9ea026f3-amend-backup.hg

hg log

changeset:   0:355197b0c857
...
summary:     Initial commit