Re: RFC: git rebase -i and root commits

> My normal workflow is to create a .gitignore in my initial commit.
> 
> When I later realize that I've forgotten something from that file
> I could of course just commit the changes, but I'd rather use "git rebase -i"
> in the normal way to make myself appear smarter than I am.
> Especially since this realization usually comes early on
> (and certainly before publishing).
> 
> But rebase can't go all the way to a root ("fatal: Needed a single revision").