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| -rwxr-xr-x | git-filter-branch.sh | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh index 182822a..a324cf0 100755 --- a/git-filter-branch.sh +++ b/git-filter-branch.sh @@ -361,9 +361,17 @@ do ;; $_x40) echo "Ref '$ref' was rewritten" - git update-ref -m "filter-branch: rewrite" \ - "$ref" $rewritten $sha1 || - die "Could not rewrite $ref" + if ! git update-ref -m "filter-branch: rewrite" \ + "$ref" $rewritten $sha1 2>/dev/null; then + if test $(git cat-file -t "$ref") = tag; then + if test -z "$filter_tag_name"; then + warn "WARNING: You said to rewrite tagged commits, but not the corresponding tag." + warn "WARNING: Perhaps use '--tag-name-filter cat' to rewrite the tag." + fi + else + die "Could not rewrite $ref" + fi + fi ;; *) # NEEDSWORK: possibly add -Werror, making this an error |