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 ## I wrote the wrong thing in a commit message
 
+If you wrote the wrong thing and the commit has not yet been pushed, you can do the following to change the commit message:
+
 ```sh
 $ git commit --amend
 ```
 
+If you have already pushed the message, you can amend the commit and force push, but this is not recommended.
+
 ## I need to add staged changes to the previous commit
 
 ```sh