Make a commit on top of master. git rebase -i origin/master Remove the commit. Git prints "Nothing to do" and does not rebase. Running 'git rebase -i' when there are no local commits has 'noop' in the first line, and with it the rebase is successful. Why is this 'noop' mandatory? - Orgad -- 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