{"thread":{"id":"27769","subject":"changing first commit message","startedAt":"2011-07-07T15:56:57Z","lastAt":"2011-07-07T16:08:13Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Shantanu Pavgi","Andreas Schwab"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"170976","messageId":"C1602FFC-8FBE-4E55-94F7-96DF745C0345@uab.edu","threadId":"27769","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"changing first commit message","fromName":"Shantanu Pavgi","fromEmail":"pavgi@uab.edu","sentAt":"2011-07-07T15:56:57Z","receivedAt":"2011-07-07T15:56:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"pavgi@uab.edu","avatar":null},"body":"\nHow do I reword the first commit message? I was able to reword commit messages after the first commit using 'git rebase -i <first-commit-id>', but I am not sure how to reword the first commit message itself. Any help? \n\nThanks,\nShantanu.  "},{"id":"170977","messageId":"m2pqlm2hw2.fsf@igel.home","threadId":"27769","inReplyTo":"C1602FFC-8FBE-4E55-94F7-96DF745C0345@uab.edu","subject":"Re: changing first commit message","fromName":"Andreas Schwab","fromEmail":"schwab@linux-m68k.org","sentAt":"2011-07-07T16:08:13Z","receivedAt":"2011-07-07T16:08:13Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"schwab@linux-m68k.org","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2175493?v=4"},"body":"Shantanu Pavgi <pavgi@uab.edu> writes:\n\n> How do I reword the first commit message? I was able to reword commit\n> messages after the first commit using 'git rebase -i <first-commit-id>',\n> but I am not sure how to reword the first commit message itself. Any help?\n\n$ git rebase -h\n[...]\n    --root                rebase all reachable commits up to the root(s)\n[...]\n\nAndreas.\n\n-- \nAndreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org\nGPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756  01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5\n\"And now for something completely different.\"\n"}]}