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diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 0a09698..6e4bb02 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -167,14 +167,12 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. project root. Implies <<Remap_to_ancestor>>. --prune-empty:: - Some kind of filters will generate empty commits, that left the tree - untouched. This switch allow git-filter-branch to ignore such - commits. Though, this switch only applies for commits that have one - and only one parent, it will hence keep merges points. Also, this - option is not compatible with the use of `--commit-filter`. Though you - just need to use the function 'git_commit_non_empty_tree "$@"' instead - of the `git commit-tree "$@"` idiom in your commit filter to make that - happen. + Some filters will generate empty commits that leave the tree untouched. + This option instructs git-filter-branch to remove such commits if they + have exactly one or zero non-pruned parents; merge commits will + therefore remain intact. This option cannot be used together with + `--commit-filter`, though the same effect can be achieved by using the + provided `git_commit_non_empty_tree` function in a commit filter. --original <namespace>:: Use this option to set the namespace where the original commits |