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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Shantanu Pavgi <pavgi@uab.edu>
Cc: Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: changing first commit message
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:08:13 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2pqlm2hw2.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C1602FFC-8FBE-4E55-94F7-96DF745C0345@uab.edu> (Shantanu Pavgi's message of "Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:56:57 -0500")

Shantanu Pavgi <pavgi@uab.edu> writes:

> How do I reword the first commit message? I was able to reword commit
> messages after the first commit using 'git rebase -i <first-commit-id>',
> but I am not sure how to reword the first commit message itself. Any help?

$ git rebase -h
[...]
    --root                rebase all reachable commits up to the root(s)
[...]

Andreas.

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      reply	other threads:[~2011-07-07 16:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-07-07 15:56 changing first commit message Shantanu Pavgi
2011-07-07 16:08 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]

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