git rebase -i <first_commit_in_repository>

Hi,

Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It
seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.

Cheers.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 01:14:47PM -0400, eschvoca wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It
seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.

Unfortunately, there is no way to do so, except by hand, by checking out
the first commit, amend it, and then rebase.

Mike

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca [off-list ref] wrote:

Hi,

Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It
seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.

This question is answered in the FAQ:
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F

-- 
Erik "kusma" Faye-Lund

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund
[off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Hi,

Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It
seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.

This question is answered in the FAQ:
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F

Thanks Eric.  Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root commit.

Am 26.10.2009 19:08 schrieb eschvoca:

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Hi,

Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It
seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.

This question is answered in the FAQ:
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F

Thanks Eric.  Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root commit.

Hi,

probably my approach could help you in the future: When I create a new 
repo (git init) I firstly create an initial commit with nothing else 
than an initial commit, i.e.:

$ git init
$ echo "initial" > initial.commit
$ git add initial.commit
$ git commit -m "Initial commit"

and then secondly

$ git add .
$ git commit -m "*REAL* initial commit"

Afterwards I have a repo with an initial commit that only contains one 
file (initial.commit) and the "real" initial commits thereafter. Maybe 
that's a solution for you.

Cheers,
     Dirk

2009/10/26 Dirk Süsserott [off-list ref]:

Am 26.10.2009 19:08 schrieb eschvoca:
Hi,

probably my approach could help you in the future: When I create a new repo
(git init) I firstly create an initial commit with nothing else than an
initial commit, i.e.:

$ git init
$ echo "initial" > initial.commit
$ git add initial.commit
$ git commit -m "Initial commit"

I don't think this is actually necessary.  You should just be able to do:
$ git init
$ git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial commit (empty)"

--
Allan

Hi,

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009, eschvoca wrote:

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Hi,

Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It
seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.

This question is answered in the FAQ:
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F

Thanks Eric.  Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root 
commit.

If you cannot do it yourself, you can always offer to bribe^Wpay somebody 
to do it for you.

Ciao,
Dscho

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Johannes Schindelin
[off-list ref] wrote:

Hi,

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009, eschvoca wrote:

quoted

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund
[off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Hi,

Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It
seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.

This question is answered in the FAQ:
http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F

Thanks Eric.  Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root
commit.

If you cannot do it yourself, you can always offer to bribe^Wpay somebody
to do it for you.

Ciao,
Dscho

I can do the workaround myself but not the production ready patch.
Right now the only bribe I can offer is that it might be less work
writing the patch than supporting this corner case with answering
questions and writing a FAQ entry about it.  It also would make the
awesome rebase -i even awesomer :)  I know, a disappointing bribe but
from a thankful user.

Thanks

Am 26.10.2009 21:47 schrieb Allan Caffee:

2009/10/26 Dirk Süsserott [off-list ref]:

quoted

Am 26.10.2009 19:08 schrieb eschvoca:
Hi,

probably my approach could help you in the future: When I create a new repo
(git init) I firstly create an initial commit with nothing else than an
initial commit, i.e.:

$ git init
$ echo "initial" > initial.commit
$ git add initial.commit
$ git commit -m "Initial commit"

I don't think this is actually necessary.  You should just be able to do:
$ git init
$ git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial commit (empty)"

Allan,

that works great and is not as cumbersome as my solution.
Thank you!

Dirk