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From: Phillip Susi <psusi@cfl.rr.com>
Subject: Re: clone breaks replace
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:59:54 -0500
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On 01/11/2011 03:50 PM, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Yes, except for "Using filter-branch is bad".  Using filter-branch is
> not bad.

It is bad because it breaks people tracking your branch, and violates 
the immutability of history.