From 49df61f4b91f5888ad151ff7137752b651528e32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: S N Munendra <sn.munendra52@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 23:30:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add more alternatives to get initial commit hash

---
 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 tips.json |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc6d96d..1f34272 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -551,6 +551,16 @@ __Alternatives:__
 git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD
 ```
 
+
+```sh
+git log --pretty=oneline | tail -1 | cut -c 1-40
+```
+
+
+```sh
+git log --pretty=oneline --reverse | head -1 | cut -c 1-40
+```
+
 ## Visualize the version tree.
 ```sh
 git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate --all
diff --git a/tips.json b/tips.json
index 3aee552..58aa75b 100644
--- a/tips.json
+++ b/tips.json
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
 }, {
     "title": "Retrieve the commit hash of the initial revision.",
     "tip": " git rev-list --reverse HEAD | head -1",
-    "alternatives": ["git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD"]
+    "alternatives": ["git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD", "git log --pretty=oneline | tail -1 | cut -c 1-40", "git log --pretty=oneline --reverse | head -1 | cut -c 1-40"]
 }, {
     "title": "Visualize the version tree.",
     "tip": "git log --pretty=oneline --graph --decorate --all",