[PATCH 0/6] Add git-rewrite-commits v2

From: Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>

[PATCH 1/6] revision: allow selection of commits that do not match a pattern [PATCH 2/6] export get_short_sha1 [PATCH 3/6] Define ishex(x) in git-compat-util.h [PATCH 4/6] refs.c: lock cached_refs during for_each_ref [PATCH 5/6] revision: mark commits that didn't match a pattern for later use [PATCH 6/6] Add git-rewrite-commits

The first is fairly independent, but it is used in the tests of the last patch and may be replaced by Johannes' extended patch. The next three should be fairly uncontroversial. The fifth may be considered a waste of a precious bit. If so, any suggestions for other ways of passing on this information are welcomed. The sixth contains the actual git-rewrite-commits builtin. My main motivation was that cg-admin-rewritehist doesn't change the SHA1's in commit message and I don't like shell programming.

The main difference with the previous series is that the options are now called --index-filter and --commit-filter instead of --index-map and --commit-map.

The commit filter should now produce a list of commit SHA1 instead of the modified raw commit. The refs are now rewritten at the very end, which should be safer if anything goes wrong along the way and obviates the need for the call to add_ref_decoration of the previous series.

Most of the changes were requested by Johannes Schindelin. I'm sure he'll let me know if I forgot anything. In a follow-up patch (series), he will add more helper functions for the filters.

skimo