# Incorrect handling of interactive rebases with root flag

1 messages from 2017-05-03 to 2017-05-03. Participants: Frank Paulo Filho.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/45863

## Frank Paulo Filho, 2017-05-03 22:55

Subject: Incorrect handling of interactive rebases with root flag
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If I run an interactive rebase on a branch without the --root flag, git
does not modify (change the hash, etc.) any initial commits that are
being "pick"ed in the same order. However, if I use --root, every single
commit is modified. 

Here's an example:

* Old (immediately after running "git rebase -i --root"):
    pick d89 root
    pick 3e7 bar
    pick 57e baz

* New (after editing the "git-rebase-todo" file):
    pick d89 root
    pick 57e baz
    pick 3e7 bar

After this, AFAIK, only baz and bar's hashes should change. However, the
root commit's hash (d89) also changes.

A simpler way to reproduce this is to just run `git rebase -i  --root`
and rebase without changing anything. Every commit will be modified.

Is this supposed to happen?

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