Github – Connect an issue with a commit after the commit

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I did a git commit and pushed to github, but forgot to mention the issue number in the commit (I forgot to write something like ... closes #123).

If I had mentioned the issue number in the commit message, github would have connected the commit to the issue. Is there any way to do this after the commit, when it's too late for me to change the commit message?

EDIT: Assume that it's too late to amend the commit or otherwise alter the history. I am really asking about github functionality, not git.

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In your issue on GitHub, just write a comment with the commit hash. For instance:

Fixed with commit 61d949320fc0bf1a8dba09b3845bddcd153b1a64

GitHub will recognize it as a SHA and link to the right commit page.

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Git – Link to the issue number on GitHub within a commit message

Just include #xxx in your commit message to reference an issue without closing it.

With new GitHub issues 2.0 you can use these synonyms to reference an issue and close it (in your commit message):

fix #xxx
fixes #xxx
fixed #xxx
close #xxx
closes #xxx
closed #xxx
resolve #xxx
resolves #xxx
resolved #xxx

You can also substitute #xxx with gh-xxx.

Referencing and closing issues across repos also works:

fixes user/repo#xxx

Check out the documentation available in their Help section.

Git – How to determine the URL that a local Git repository was originally cloned from

If you want only the remote URL, or if your are not connected to a network that can reach the remote repo:

git config --get remote.origin.url

If you require full output and you are on a network that can reach the remote repo where the origin resides :

git remote show origin

When using git clone (from GitHub, or any source repository for that matter) the default name for the source of the clone is "origin". Using git remote show will display the information about this remote name. The first few lines should show:

C:\Users\jaredpar\VsVim> git remote show origin
* remote origin
  Fetch URL: git@github.com:jaredpar/VsVim.git
  Push  URL: git@github.com:jaredpar/VsVim.git
  HEAD branch: master
  Remote branches:

If you want to use the value in the script, you would use the first command listed in this answer.

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Git – Link to the issue number on GitHub within a commit message

Git – How to determine the URL that a local Git repository was originally cloned from

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