Edit the root commit in Git?

Question

There\'s ways to change the message from later commits:

git commit --amend                    # for the most recent co         


        

Answer 1

You could use git filter-branch:

cd test
git init

touch initial
git add -A
git commit -m "Initial commit"

touch a
git add -A
git commit -m "a"

touch b
git add -A
git commit -m "b"

git log

-->
8e6b49e... b
945e92a... a
72fc158... Initial commit

git filter-branch --msg-filter \
"sed \"s|^Initial commit|New initial commit|g\"" -- --all

git log
-->
c5988ea... b
e0331fd... a
51995f1... New initial commit