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From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Subject: Re: Rewriting history with git-filter-branch and leaking objects
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Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:34:38 +1200
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Mike Hommey wrote:
> Well, with the introduction of git-filter-branch, once you have
> rewritten your history and validated that everything is okay,
> you might mean to remove the original branch...
>   

Right, but it's probably better to leave a trail.  I tend to use
refs/Attic/* for branches that I've re-written (if I published them). 
That way, nothing will send or receive them by default.  Sometimes I'll
have a "clean" repository which doesn't have any of them for faster
initial cloning.

Sam.