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[PATCH] filter-branch: be more helpful when an annotated tag changes

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Aug 7, 2008, 23:50 UTC
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Previously, git-filter-branch failed if it attempted to update an annotated tag. Now we ignore this condition if --tag-name-filter is given, so that we can later rewrite the tag. If no such option was provided, we warn the user that he might want to run with --tag-name-filter cat to achieve the intended effect.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
---
 git-filter-branch.sh |   14 +++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 182822a..a324cf0 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -361,9 +361,17 @@ do
 	;;
 	$_x40)
 		echo "Ref '$ref' was rewritten"
-		git update-ref -m "filter-branch: rewrite" \
-				"$ref" $rewritten $sha1 ||
-			die "Could not rewrite $ref"
+		if ! git update-ref -m "filter-branch: rewrite" \
+					"$ref" $rewritten $sha1 2>/dev/null; then
+			if test $(git cat-file -t "$ref") = tag; then
+				if test -z "$filter_tag_name"; then
+					warn "WARNING: You said to rewrite tagged commits, but not the corresponding tag."
+					warn "WARNING: Perhaps use '--tag-name-filter cat' to rewrite the tag."
+				fi
+			else
+				die "Could not rewrite $ref"
+			fi
+		fi
 	;;
 	*)
 		# NEEDSWORK: possibly add -Werror, making this an error
-- 
1.6.0.rc2.19.g3c9ba
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  2. Jan WielemakerAug 7, 2008
  3. Thomas RastAug 7, 2008
  4. Jan WielemakerAug 7, 2008
  5. Thomas RastAug 7, 2008
  6. filter-branch: be more helpful when an annotated tag changesThomas Rast, Aug 7, 2008
  7. filter-branch: add option --delete-unchangedThomas Rast, Aug 8, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinAug 9, 2008
  9. Jan WielemakerAug 11, 2008
  10. Felipe ContrerasSep 14, 2008
  11. [RFH] filter-branch: ancestor detection weirdnessThomas Rast, Aug 7, 2008
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  13. Thomas RastAug 8, 2008
  14. filter-branch: fix ancestor discovery for --subdirectory-filterThomas Rast, Aug 8, 2008
  15. Johannes SchindelinAug 8, 2008
  16. Thomas RastAug 8, 2008
  17. filter-branch: fix ref rewriting with --subdirectory-filterThomas Rast, Aug 8, 2008
  18. Johannes SchindelinAug 9, 2008
  19. Junio C HamanoAug 9, 2008
  20. Thomas RastAug 9, 2008
  21. Thomas RastAug 9, 2008
  22. filter-branch: use --simplify-mergesThomas Rast, Aug 10, 2008
  23. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2008
  24. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2008
  25. Thomas RastAug 12, 2008
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2008
  27. Petr BaudisAug 12, 2008
  28. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2008
  29. Thomas RastAug 9, 2008
  30. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2008
  31. Thomas RastAug 12, 2008
  32. Jan WielemakerAug 8, 2008
  33. Jan WielemakerAug 8, 2008
  34. Documentation: filter-branch: document how to filter all refsThomas Rast, Aug 7, 2008
  35. Documentation: filter-branch: document how to filter all refsThomas Rast, Aug 7, 2008

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