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Re: how to add an empty initial commit

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Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date
Aug 30, 2009, 01:39 UTC
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On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:52:24 +0800 bill lam <cbill.lam@gmail.com> wrote:

> I want to insert an empty initial commit so that I can rebase and edit
> files in the real initial commit. There is a --root option in
> git-rebase but I can not find example of how to use it. 
Bill,

This sounds like a hard way to go about things. Instead, you can edit the files as you wish, "git add" the new edits, and then use "git commit --amend" to alter the initial commit. Don't think rebase would help in the situation you describe.

Sean
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