Prevent GitHub for Windows from adding emoticons to my initial commit message

Question

I'm new to git, and to GitHub. I'm using the GitHub for Windows program on Windows 7 64-bit. What I dislike is that when I create a new local repository, the initial change where the `.gitattributes` file is added is given a commit message containing an emoticon (seemingly chosen at random). Here is a screencap of this problem in action: https://i.stack.imgur.com/sXVkv.gif The emoticon in the above example was "confetti ball": https://i.stack.imgur.com/ePYdv.png How do I prevent this emoticon? Or at least, how do I prevent the inital change from being automatically committed so that I have the opportunity to edit the commit message to remove the emoticon? Even though I'd prefer to interact with the program's GUI, I have enough practice with the command line that if the fix for this issue requires using it, I'm comfortable with that. Any help for this would be much appreciated.

Accepted Answer

```
git commit --amend
```

, then edit the commit message, then

```
git push origin master --force 
```

(if the initial commit was also pushed behind your back)

Prevent GitHub for Windows from adding emoticons to my initial commit message

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