[description] When using the commit-tree command, you can optionally specify a parent: git commit-tree -m "Description" -p Make a string of three commits! Hint: You'll need a tree object. What could be the easiest way to obtain one? [setup] [setup goal] git write-tree FIRST_COMMIT=$(git commit-tree 4b82 -m 'First commit :O') SECOND_COMMIT=$(git commit-tree 4b82 -p $FIRST_COMMIT -m 'Second commit :D') THIRD_COMMIT=$(git commit-tree 4b82 -p $SECOND_COMMIT -m 'Third commit \o/') [win] COMMITS=$(git cat-file --batch-check='%(objectname) %(objecttype)' --batch-all-objects | grep commit | cut -f1 -d" ") for COMMIT in $COMMITS; do echo a commit named $COMMIT if [ $(git rev-list $COMMIT | wc -l) -ge 3 ]; then return 0 fi done return 1