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diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index e22dfa5..543a1cf 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ notable exception of the commit filter, for technical reasons). Prior to that, the $GIT_COMMIT environment variable will be set to contain the id of the commit being rewritten. Also, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL, -and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE are set according to the current commit. +and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE are set according to the current commit. If any +evaluation of <command> returns a non-zero exit status, the whole operation +will be aborted. A 'map' function is available that takes an "original sha1 id" argument and outputs a "rewritten sha1 id" if the commit has been already @@ -197,7 +199,7 @@ happened). If this is not the case, use: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- git filter-branch --parent-filter \ - 'cat; test $GIT_COMMIT = <commit-id> && echo "-p <graft-id>"' HEAD + 'test $GIT_COMMIT = <commit-id> && echo "-p <graft-id>" || cat' HEAD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- or even simpler: @@ -240,6 +242,15 @@ committed a merge between P1 and P2, it will be propagated properly and all children of the merge will become merge commits with P1,P2 as their parents instead of the merge commit. +You can rewrite the commit log messages using `--message-filter`. For +example, `git-svn-id` strings in a repository created by `git-svn` can +be removed this way: + +------------------------------------------------------- +git filter-branch --message-filter ' + sed -e "/^git-svn-id:/d" +' +------------------------------------------------------- To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision range in addition to the new branch name. The new branch name will |