From: Sean Estabrooks <seanlkml@sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:39:27 GMT
Subject: Re: how to add an empty initial commit
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In-Reply-To: <20090830005224.GC10952@debian.b2j>

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