{"thread":{"id":"21360","subject":"git rebase -i ","startedAt":"2009-10-26T17:14:47Z","lastAt":"2009-10-28T19:24:49Z","messageCount":9,"participants":["eschvoca","Mike Hommey","Erik Faye-Lund","Dirk Süsserott","Allan Caffee","Johannes Schindelin"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"125934","messageId":"2b05065b0910261014t4eb93952oc804bcd01b339a84@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"git rebase -i ","fromName":"eschvoca","fromEmail":"eschvoca@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-10-26T17:14:47Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-26T17:14:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"eschvoca@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\nIs there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit. It\nseems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.\n\nCheers.\n"},{"id":"125935","messageId":"20091026172412.GA30467@glandium.org","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"2b05065b0910261014t4eb93952oc804bcd01b339a84@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"Mike Hommey","fromEmail":"mh@glandium.org","sentAt":"2009-10-26T17:24:12Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-26T17:24:12Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"mh@glandium.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1038527?v=4"},"body":"On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 01:14:47PM -0400, eschvoca wrote:\n> Hi,\n> \n> Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit. It\n> seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.\n\nUnfortunately, there is no way to do so, except by hand, by checking out\nthe first commit, amend it, and then rebase.\n\nMike\n"},{"id":"125936","messageId":"40aa078e0910261025l1ad7bf8ex27fd62072a317f9d@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"2b05065b0910261014t4eb93952oc804bcd01b339a84@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"Erik Faye-Lund","fromEmail":"kusmabite@googlemail.com","sentAt":"2009-10-26T17:25:39Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-26T17:25:39Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kusmabite@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47073?v=4"},"body":"On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca wrote:\n> Hi,\n>\n> Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It\n> seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.\n\nThis question is answered in the FAQ:\nhttp://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F\n\n-- \nErik \"kusma\" Faye-Lund\n"},{"id":"125937","messageId":"2b05065b0910261108g4a8448c8x295606a8d33612f5@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"40aa078e0910261025l1ad7bf8ex27fd62072a317f9d@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"eschvoca","fromEmail":"eschvoca@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-10-26T18:08:01Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-26T18:08:01Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"eschvoca@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund\n wrote:\n> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca wrote:\n>> Hi,\n>>\n>> Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It\n>> seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.\n>\n> This question is answered in the FAQ:\n> http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F\n>\n\nThanks Eric. Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root commit.\n"},{"id":"125944","messageId":"4AE60669.9080402@dirk.my1.cc","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"2b05065b0910261108g4a8448c8x295606a8d33612f5@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"Dirk Süsserott","fromEmail":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","sentAt":"2009-10-26T20:28:25Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-26T20:28:25Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","avatar":null},"body":"Am 26.10.2009 19:08 schrieb eschvoca:\n> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund\n> wrote:\n>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca wrote:\n>>> Hi,\n>>>\n>>> Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit. It\n>>> seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.\n>> This question is answered in the FAQ:\n>> http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F\n>>\n> \n> Thanks Eric. Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root commit.\n\nHi,\n\nprobably my approach could help you in the future: When I create a new \nrepo (git init) I firstly create an initial commit with nothing else \nthan an initial commit, i.e.:\n\n$ git init\n$ echo \"initial\" > initial.commit\n$ git add initial.commit\n$ git commit -m \"Initial commit\"\n\nand then secondly\n\n$ git add .\n$ git commit -m \"*REAL* initial commit\"\n\nAfterwards I have a repo with an initial commit that only contains one \nfile (initial.commit) and the \"real\" initial commits thereafter. Maybe \nthat's a solution for you.\n\nCheers,\n Dirk\n"},{"id":"125949","messageId":"b2e43f8f0910261347m38ccb608nb5858ff1dc432b33@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"4AE60669.9080402@dirk.my1.cc","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"Allan Caffee","fromEmail":"allan.caffee@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-10-26T20:47:38Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-26T20:47:38Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"allan.caffee@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/114759?v=4"},"body":"2009/10/26 Dirk Süsserott :\n> Am 26.10.2009 19:08 schrieb eschvoca:\n> Hi,\n>\n> probably my approach could help you in the future: When I create a new repo\n> (git init) I firstly create an initial commit with nothing else than an\n> initial commit, i.e.:\n>\n> $ git init\n> $ echo \"initial\" > initial.commit\n> $ git add initial.commit\n> $ git commit -m \"Initial commit\"\n\nI don't think this is actually necessary. You should just be able to do:\n$ git init\n$ git commit --allow-empty -m \"Initial commit (empty)\"\n\n--\nAllan\n"},{"id":"125950","messageId":"alpine.DEB.1.00.0910262210480.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"2b05065b0910261108g4a8448c8x295606a8d33612f5@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"Johannes Schindelin","fromEmail":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","sentAt":"2009-10-26T21:11:22Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-26T21:11:22Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"johannes.schindelin@gmx.de","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/127790?v=4"},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Mon, 26 Oct 2009, eschvoca wrote:\n\n> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund\n> wrote:\n> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca wrote:\n> >> Hi,\n> >>\n> >> Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It\n> >> seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.\n> >\n> > This question is answered in the FAQ:\n> > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F\n> \n> Thanks Eric. Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root \n> commit.\n\nIf you cannot do it yourself, you can always offer to bribe^Wpay somebody \nto do it for you.\n\nCiao,\nDscho\n"},{"id":"125972","messageId":"2b05065b0910261727g75e4330fn23ed6c633114e689@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"alpine.DEB.1.00.0910262210480.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"eschvoca","fromEmail":"eschvoca@gmail.com","sentAt":"2009-10-27T00:27:13Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-27T00:27:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"eschvoca@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hi,\n\nOn Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Johannes Schindelin\n wrote:\n> Hi,\n>\n> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009, eschvoca wrote:\n>\n>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund\n>> wrote:\n>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca wrote:\n>> >> Hi,\n>> >>\n>> >> Is there a way to rewrite history, including the first commit.  It\n>> >> seems that the first commit can not be modified with a rebase.\n>> >\n>> > This question is answered in the FAQ:\n>> > http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitFaq#HowdoIedittherootcommit.3F\n>>\n>> Thanks Eric.  Hopefully someone will enhance rebase to handle the root\n>> commit.\n>\n> If you cannot do it yourself, you can always offer to bribe^Wpay somebody\n> to do it for you.\n>\n> Ciao,\n> Dscho\n>\n\nI can do the workaround myself but not the production ready patch.\nRight now the only bribe I can offer is that it might be less work\nwriting the patch than supporting this corner case with answering\nquestions and writing a FAQ entry about it. It also would make the\nawesome rebase -i even awesomer :) I know, a disappointing bribe but\nfrom a thankful user.\n\nThanks\n"},{"id":"126174","messageId":"4AE89A81.9040407@dirk.my1.cc","threadId":"21360","inReplyTo":"b2e43f8f0910261347m38ccb608nb5858ff1dc432b33@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: git rebase -i ","fromName":"Dirk Süsserott","fromEmail":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","sentAt":"2009-10-28T19:24:49Z","receivedAt":"2009-10-28T19:24:49Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"newsletter@dirk.my1.cc","avatar":null},"body":"Am 26.10.2009 21:47 schrieb Allan Caffee:\n> 2009/10/26 Dirk Süsserott :\n>> Am 26.10.2009 19:08 schrieb eschvoca:\n>> Hi,\n>>\n>> probably my approach could help you in the future: When I create a new repo\n>> (git init) I firstly create an initial commit with nothing else than an\n>> initial commit, i.e.:\n>>\n>> $ git init\n>> $ echo \"initial\" > initial.commit\n>> $ git add initial.commit\n>> $ git commit -m \"Initial commit\"\n> \n> I don't think this is actually necessary. You should just be able to do:\n> $ git init\n> $ git commit --allow-empty -m \"Initial commit (empty)\"\n> \n\nAllan,\n\nthat works great and is not as cumbersome as my solution.\nThank you!\n\nDirk\n"}]}