Merge pull request github#6805 from yeikel/patch-1

jmarlena · web-flow · commit 34d66ecadd0e · 2021-05-28T14:22:28.000-07:00
Suggest users to use --force-with-lease instead of --force
diff --git a/content/github/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/changing-a-commit-message.md b/content/github/committing-changes-to-your-project/creating-and-editing-commits/changing-a-commit-message.md
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ We strongly discourage force pushing, since this changes the history of your rep
 **Changing the message of the most recently pushed commit**
 
 1. Follow the [steps above](/articles/changing-a-commit-message#commit-has-not-been-pushed-online) to amend the commit message.
-2. Use the `push --force` command to force push over the old commit.
+2. Use the `push --force-with-lease` command to force push over the old commit.
   ```shell
-  $ git push --force <em>example-branch</em>
+  $ git push --force-with-lease <em>example-branch</em>
   ```
 
 **Changing the message of older or multiple commit messages**
