On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Peter Kjellerstedt <peter.kjellerstedt@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Basically, what I think I am asking for is a way to specify the > empty parent of the initial commit, i.e., where v1.7.1~1000000 would > end up. I can see this being useful in at least one other case as > well, namely when doing an interactive rebase to allow the initial > commit to be rebased (something I have wanted to do a couple of > times...) wait, let me get this straight. you want to diff some tag against the empty parent of the root commit (empty tree)? which in turn means you will get a diff, where all lines in all files existing in the tree that tag references are added. all files get basically prefixed with + and have header information (filename). what purpose has such a diff? regards, daniel -- typed with http://neo-layout.org myFtPhp -- visit http://myftphp.sf.net -- v. 0.4.7 released! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html