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$ git init .
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/kawakami/temp/test/.git/

$ git commit -m 'initial empty commit' --allow-empty
[master (root-commit) 6d50178] initial empty commit

$ git commit -m 'another empty commit' --allow-empty
[master 9f80fea] another empty commit

$ git commit -m 'yet another empty commit' --allow-empty
[master ed5c03b] yet another empty commit

$ git commit -m 'yet another empty commit' --allow-empty
[master ed5c03b] yet another empty commit

$ git lg
* ed5c03b - (HEAD -> master) yet another empty commit (1 second ago) <Cesar Kawakami>
* 9f80fea - another empty commit (14 seconds ago) <Cesar Kawakami>
* 6d50178 - initial empty commit (24 seconds ago) <Cesar Kawakami>

$ git lg --stat
* ed5c03b - (HEAD -> master) yet another empty commit (7 seconds ago) <Cesar Kawakami>
* 9f80fea - another empty commit (20 seconds ago) <Cesar Kawakami>
* 6d50178 - initial empty commit (30 seconds ago) <Cesar Kawakami>

$ git rebase -i 6d50178 --keep-empty
Stopped at 4e554cd... another empty commit
You can amend the commit now, with

        git commit --amend

Once you are satisfied with your changes, run

        git rebase --continue

$ git commit --amend --allow-empty
[detached HEAD 1701704] another empty commit, now edited
 Date: Thu Oct 26 11:50:55 2017 -0700

$ git rebase --continue
Successfully rebased and updated refs/heads/master.

$ git lg
* 79939d4 - (HEAD -> master) yet another empty commit (3 seconds ago) <Cesar Kawakami>
* 1701704 - another empty commit, now edited (13 seconds ago) <Cesar Kawakami>
* 6d50178 - initial empty commit (4 minutes ago) <Cesar Kawakami>