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diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 3a52e4d..e6f08ab 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -222,7 +222,15 @@ this purpose, they are instead rewritten to point at the nearest ancestor that was not excluded. -Examples +EXIT STATUS +----------- + +On success, the exit status is `0`. If the filter can't find any commits to +rewrite, the exit status is `2`. On any other error, the exit status may be +any other non-zero value. + + +EXAMPLES -------- Suppose you want to remove a file (containing confidential information @@ -280,7 +288,7 @@ git filter-branch --parent-filter \ or even simpler: ----------------------------------------------- -echo "$commit-id $graft-id" >> .git/info/grafts +git replace --graft $commit-id $graft-id git filter-branch $graft-id..HEAD ----------------------------------------------- @@ -398,7 +406,7 @@ git filter-branch --index-filter \ -Checklist for Shrinking a Repository +CHECKLIST FOR SHRINKING A REPOSITORY ------------------------------------ git-filter-branch can be used to get rid of a subset of files, @@ -437,7 +445,7 @@ warned. (or if your git-gc is not new enough to support arguments to `--prune`, use `git repack -ad; git prune` instead). -Notes +NOTES ----- git-filter-branch allows you to make complex shell-scripted rewrites |