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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: git-filter-branch
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 10:38:09 +0100 (BST)
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Hi,

On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:19:20AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > In the description in the manpage:
> > >    Lets you rewrite git revision history by creating a new branch from
> > >    your current branch, applying custom filters on each revision.
> > >    (...)
> > >    The command takes the new branch name as a mandatory argument and the
> > >    filters as optional arguments
> > > 
> > > And in example:
> > >    Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in the branch newbranch
> > >    (your current branch is left untouched).
> > > 
> > > I must say this is a feature that would actually be nice to have...
> > 
> > To compare with the old one?  Use reflogs:
> > 
> > 	git filter-branch --some-option master
> > 	git diff master@{1}..master
> 
> To have, for example, a branch tracking an upstream (svn or whatever)
> repository and have a branch based on it, only differing in the fact that
> some directories get removed.

You can always achieve the same effect by

	$ git branch new-branch master
	$ git filter-branch <options> master

Anyway, I'm off for a few days.

Ciao,
Dscho