[[fixing-a-mistake-by-rewriting-history]]
Fixing a mistake by rewriting history
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If the problematic commit is the most recent commit, and you have not
yet made that commit public, then you may just
[[the-index]]
The index
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The index is a binary file (generally kept in `.git/index`) containing a
sorted list of path names, each with permissions and the SHA-1 of a blob