How to Change Last Git Commit Message After Pushing?

To change the recently pushed git commit message, you would need to do the following:

# 1. checkout the branch on your local
git checkout <branch-name>

# 2. amend the commit message
git commit --amend -m "New message"

# 3. force-push to update remote repository
git push --force-with-lease <remote-name> <branch-name>

In the third step, you could also use the --force flag instead of --force-with-lease. However, when you're working in teams, it is generally a safer option to use --force-with-lease as it will abort if there are any upstream changes to the same branch after your last commit. In contrast to this, --force would destroy any pushed changes (after your last commit) to the same branch.