Git rebase interactive drop vs deleting the commit line

Question

What is the difference from drop in the Git interactive rebase and just deleting the line of the commit?

Answer 1

There is in fact another small difference:

You can explicitly "drop" all commits. The effect will be the same as a reset.

However if you just delete all lines, then git will tell you "Nothing to do".

Usually you would not use rebase anyway in that case. I learned the difference only when I tried to explain removing a commit with rebase to a co-worker using a dummy commit.