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Q&A What are the benefits of starting a Git repo with an empty commit?

This sounds to me like someone had a problem once and they've decided upon a somewhat silly way to keep that from ever happening again. The big repository hosts have a different way of addressing ...

posted 6mo ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Michael‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Michael‭ · 2023-11-08T15:57:53Z (6 months ago)
No floating "they"
  • This sounds to me like someone had a problem once and they've decided upon a somewhat silly way to keep that from ever happening again.
  • The big repository hosts have a different way of addressing it. They (offer to) make you a _README<span>.</span>md_ and a _.gitignore_ for the first commit and you can rebase everything but that.
  • > 2. You can’t `git reset` back to that initial state.
  • If you _really_ want to reset back to literally nothing, just start a new repository.
  • > 3. You can’t rebase the initial commit.
  • And then they show the command you use to do it:
  • ```sh
  • git rebase --interactive --root
  • ```
  • This sounds to me like someone had a problem once and they've decided upon a somewhat silly way to keep that from ever happening again.
  • The big repository hosts have a different way of addressing it. They (offer to) make you a _README<span>.</span>md_ and a _.gitignore_ for the first commit and you can stem everything from that.
  • > 2. You can’t `git reset` back to that initial state.
  • If you _really_ want to reset back to literally nothing, just start a new repository.
  • > 3. You can’t rebase the initial commit.
  • The author asserts point 3, but then they immediately show the command you can use to do it:
  • ```sh
  • git rebase --interactive --root
  • ```
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Michael‭ · 2023-11-08T14:56:06Z (6 months ago)
This sounds to me like someone had a problem once and they've decided upon a somewhat silly way to keep that from ever happening again.

The big repository hosts have a different way of addressing it. They (offer to) make you a _README<span>.</span>md_ and a _.gitignore_ for the first commit and you can rebase everything but that.

> 2. You can’t `git reset` back to that initial state.

If you _really_ want to reset back to literally nothing, just start a new repository.

> 3. You can’t rebase the initial commit.

And then they show the command you use to do it:

```sh
git rebase --interactive --root
```