amend


Description:

public OId? amend (string? update_ref, Signature author, Signature committer, string? message_encoding, string message, Tree tree) throws Error

Amend an existing commit.

If update_ref is not null, the given reference will be updated to point to the newly created commit. Use "HEAD" to update the HEAD of the current branch and make it point to this commit.

If message_encoding is set to null, "UTF-8" encoding is assumed for the provided message . Note that message will not be cleaned up automatically. You can use message_prettify to do this yourself if needed.

Parameters:

this

a Commit.

update_ref

name of the reference to update.

author

author signature.

committer

committer signature (and time of commit).

message_encoding

message encoding.

message

commit message.

tree

the tree of objects to commit.

Returns:

the OId of the created commit object, or null in case of an error.