Lazygit/Q/In lazygit, what's the right keyshort or set of keystrokes to edit the commit message of the most recent commit that's not pushed?

• In Lazygit, what's the right keyshort or set of keystrokes to edit the commit message of the most recent commit that's not pushed?

  • AI Answer

    • AI/Response
      • Short answer: navigate to the Commits panel, select the top commit, and press r (inline reword) or R (open in external editor).
      • Step by step:
        • 1. Open the Commits panel — press 4 or Tab/Shift-Tab to cycle through panels until the commits list is focused.
        • 2. The most recent commit is at the top; it is selected by default if you just committed.
        • 3. Press r to reword inline — lazygit opens a small text input directly in the UI where you can retype the message and confirm with Enter.
        • 4. Alternatively press R (uppercase) to reword in your configured $EDITOR (e.g. vim, nano), which gives you the full editor experience including multi-line body editing.
      • Both r and R work on any unpushed commit, not only the HEAD; select any commit in the list and use the same keys.
      • Source: lazygit keybindings reference — Commits panel