From: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 14:33:16 GMT
Subject: Re: Can a git changeset be created with no parent
Message-ID: <4E7F3BAC.4020209@op5.se>
In-Reply-To: <1316960136073-6829212.post@n2.nabble.com>

On 09/25/2011 04:15 PM, vra5107 wrote:
> Hi
> 
>          I am currently in the process of converting a large hg repository.
> One of the changesets has no parents assigned. So to mirror that is it
> possible to create a git changeset that doesnot have a parent ?
> 

Yes. Each and every project git has ever managed starts with a commit
just like that. In git lingo, it's called a "root commit".

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