From 6722c723509ba04c962fee4795deb911fa95f776 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Littauer <richard.littauer@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:53:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Added more text to amend section to explain when it is good
 to edit a commit

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 README.md | 4 ++++
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a7c56c4..8055e07 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,10 +67,14 @@ For clarity's sake all examples in this document use a customized bash prompt in
 <a name="amend"></a>
 ## 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
 
 ```