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Re: reverting initial commit

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Mar 25, 2009, 18:40 UTC
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Pascal Obry <pascal@obry.net> writes:
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> Junio C Hamano a écrit :
>> That's not even an revert.  
>
> Right.
>
>> Can't you simply amend it away?
>> 
>> 	$ git rm not-this-file
>>         $ git commit --amend
>
> Right, I've done that. But the fact that un-committing the initial
> commit was not possible seemed strange to me. At least the error message
> should be clearer, don't you think?
"You said HEAD^ but there is no such thing?  What are you talking about?"

That sounds clear enough to me, but if you have a patch to improve it, please send it in.

Previous: Pascal Obry
Message 10 of 10 in “reverting initial commit”
  1. Pascal ObryMar 25, 2009
  2. Jacob HelwigMar 25, 2009
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2009
  4. Jacob HelwigMar 25, 2009
  5. Giuseppe BilottaMar 25, 2009
  6. Sverre RabbelierMar 25, 2009
  7. Giuseppe BilottaMar 25, 2009
  8. Eric RaibleMar 25, 2009
  9. Pascal ObryMar 25, 2009
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 25, 2009

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