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From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
To: shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>
Cc: Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Repo with only one file
Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 12:43:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <520224E0.5060206@viscovery.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH_OBid8SO3ydpjhRHa68s+54CScLh=jactxTQhwQPo-jcnAvA@mail.gmail.com>

Am 8/7/2013 8:24, schrieb shawn wilson:> ... create a repo for one of
> these scripts and I'd like to keep the commit history.
>
> Ok, so:
> % find -type f ! -iname "webban.pl" | while read f; do git
> filter-branch -f --index-filter "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch $f"
> HEAD ; done
>
> Which basically did it. But, I've got this one commit that seems to be
> orphaned - it doesn't change any files.

Try this:

  git filter-branch HEAD -- webban.pl

-- Hannes

  reply	other threads:[~2013-08-07 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-07  6:24 Repo with only one file shawn wilson
2013-08-07 10:43 ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
2013-08-07 21:07   ` shawn wilson
2013-08-08 21:11     ` Phil Hord
2013-08-09  6:25       ` Johannes Sixt
2013-08-09  6:33         ` shawn wilson
2013-08-09  6:50           ` Johannes Sixt
2013-08-09 10:03             ` shawn wilson
2013-08-09 10:32               ` Johannes Sixt
2013-08-09 21:54                 ` shawn wilson
2013-08-09 15:00               ` Phil Hord

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