From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Rast Subject: Re: Possible git bug when using filter-branch to remove large binaries Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:01 +0100 Message-ID: <200902152255.05655.trast@student.ethz.ch> References: <34854909-55F5-4869-A7A6-0E179F2F7A44@talkhouse.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart8957511.YR5lk54ab2"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Juan Zanos X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Feb 15 22:57:13 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LYoz0-0001MP-9c for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:57:02 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752803AbZBOVzR (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:55:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752755AbZBOVzR (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:55:17 -0500 Received: from xsmtp1.ethz.ch ([82.130.70.13]:8775 "EHLO xsmtp1.ethz.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752715AbZBOVzQ (ORCPT ); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:55:16 -0500 Received: from xfe1.d.ethz.ch ([82.130.124.41]) by xsmtp1.ethz.ch with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:15 +0100 Received: from thomas.localnet ([77.56.223.244]) by xfe1.d.ethz.ch over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:55:14 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.11.0 (Linux/2.6.27.7-9-default; KDE/4.2.0; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <34854909-55F5-4869-A7A6-0E179F2F7A44@talkhouse.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Feb 2009 21:55:14.0334 (UTC) FILETIME=[14D9C3E0:01C98FB8] Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --nextPart8957511.YR5lk54ab2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Juan Zanos wrote: > I'm trying to remove a directory of large binaries from a git =20 > repository [...] > The directory successfully =20 > vanishes. However, the repository + working directory only goes from =20 > 216M down to 133M. That means the binaries were only removed from =20 > the working directory. We're in fact trying to make a generic recipe and put it in 'man git-filter-branch'. The preliminary patch is here: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/109925/ Once you convince your eyes to ignore the leading +, it should be fairly easy to read in patch form. ;-) It would be very helpful if you could try the recipe, and report if it worked. =2D-=20 Thomas Rast trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch --nextPart8957511.YR5lk54ab2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkmYjzkACgkQqUud07tmzP31HgCeNjkQluZThP50AWD1NBWnJ8Qr P2gAnR4orJUTQKuE3GkBIgA1kNG2seWc =aj8s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart8957511.YR5lk54ab2--