Re: git rebase -i <first_commit_in_repository>

From: eschvoca <eschvoca@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 27, 2009, 00:27 UTC
Message-ID: <2b05065b0910261727g75e4330fn23ed6c633114e689@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0910262210480.4985@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>

Hi,

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009, eschvoca wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Erik Faye-Lund
>> <kusmabite@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 6:14 PM, eschvoca <eschvoca@gmail.com> 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
>>
>> 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