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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Subject: Re: Trying to use git-filter-branch to compress history by removing
   large, obsolete binary files
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:22:42 +0200
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Johannes Schindelin schrieb:
> The rationale was this: filter-branch recently learnt how to rewrite many 
> branches, and it might be tedious to find out which ones.  But then, there 
> is git log --no-walk --all, so maybe I really should get rid of 
> refs/original/*?
> 
> I'd like to have some comments from the heavier filter-branch users on 
> that...

IMHO, a backup of the original refs is needed. However, it may be wise to 
store them in the refs/heads namespace so that 'git branch -d' can delete 
them and 'git branch -m' can move them back if something went wrong.

-- Hannes