How do you write a git commit message properly? There are no stringent rules, but teams should follow some git commit message best practices and conventions.

Git is very flexible, but you do have to know the magic incantations. For example, suppose you mess up a commit message — we never do that, of course, but just pretend.

The old commit becomes orphaned in your local workspace. The new, amended commit replaces the previous commit at the tip of the currently selected branch. As such, it is more accurate to say the git ...