Ability to squash initial commit

10 votes

Sometimes it is needed to overwrite the initial commit when starting a new repo. Sometimes it is because the project is be forked and needs to have a "clean history" or sometimes as simple as cleaning up a multi step setup into one commit. The CLI command is `git rebase -i --root` the `--root` flag is what allows the initial commit to be squashed if you tell git to "pick" the initial commit and to "squash" all others.

Under consideration Suggested by: William Penton (Nexxuz) (08 Jul, '21) • Upvoted: 19 Jan, '23 • Comments: 3

Comments: 3

19 Aug, '21
Tom Piddock
If there are no conflicts between the first and second commit you can simply reorder the commits and squash the second commit down to retain the message for the commit you want as your first.
29 Aug, '21
Vladislav Javadov
Wow, wow, wow, awaiting for too!
01 Sep, '21
William Penton (Nexxuz)
Thank you Tom, I didn't know that! Still I think having something a little simpler would help out.