git runtime_error ai_generated true

error: empty commit set passed

ID: git/rebase-interactive-no-op

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90%Fix Rate
82%Confidence
1Evidence
2023-08-12First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
git 2.29.0 active — — —
git 2.35.0 active — — —
git 2.40.0 active — — —

Root Cause

During an interactive rebase, the specified commit range is empty (e.g., HEAD~0 or no commits selected to rebase), so Git has nothing to do.

generic

中文

在交互式变基期间，指定的提交范围为空（例如 HEAD~0 或没有选择要变基的提交），因此 Git 无事可做。

Official Documentation

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-rebase

Workarounds

  1. 95% success Specify a valid commit range: git rebase -i HEAD~3 (rebase last 3 commits) instead of HEAD~0. 
    Specify a valid commit range: git rebase -i HEAD~3 (rebase last 3 commits) instead of HEAD~0.
  2. 90% success If you want to rebase from a specific commit, use: git rebase -i <commit-hash> (e.g., git rebase -i abc123). 
    If you want to rebase from a specific commit, use: git rebase -i <commit-hash> (e.g., git rebase -i abc123).
  3. 85% success Check current branch status with 'git log --oneline -5' to ensure there are commits to rebase. 
    Check current branch status with 'git log --oneline -5' to ensure there are commits to rebase.

中文步骤

  1. Specify a valid commit range: git rebase -i HEAD~3 (rebase last 3 commits) instead of HEAD~0.
  2. If you want to rebase from a specific commit, use: git rebase -i <commit-hash> (e.g., git rebase -i abc123).
  3. Check current branch status with 'git log --oneline -5' to ensure there are commits to rebase.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 100% fail

    The same empty commit set will be passed again, causing the same error.

  2. 90% fail

    There is no ongoing rebase; the error occurs before the rebase starts.

  3. 80% fail

    If no rebase is in progress, this directory may not exist; deleting it does not fix the command.