[PATCH 1/2] add setup step to filter-branch

From

Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>

Date

Jun 3, 2017, 10:17 UTC

Message-ID

<20170603101755.13619-1-asheiduk@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 16 +++++++++++-----
 git-filter-branch.sh                | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index 6e4bb0220..45c849d8c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ git-filter-branch - Rewrite branches
 SYNOPSIS
 --------
 [verse]
-'git filter-branch' [--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>]
-	[--index-filter <command>] [--parent-filter <command>]
-	[--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>]
-	[--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>]
-	[--prune-empty]
+'git filter-branch' [--setup <command>] [--env-filter <command>]
+	[--tree-filter <command>] [--index-filter <command>]
+	[--parent-filter <command>] [--msg-filter <command>]
+	[--commit-filter <command>] [--tag-name-filter <command>]
+	[--subdirectory-filter <directory>] [--prune-empty]
 	[--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force]
 	[--] [<rev-list options>...]
 
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ multiple commits.
 OPTIONS
 -------
 
+--setup <command>::
+	This is not a real filter executed for each commit but a one
+	time setup just before the loop. Therefore no commit-specific
+	variables are defined yet.  Functions or variables defined here
+	can be used or modified in the following filter steps.
+
 --env-filter <command>::
 	This filter may be used if you only need to modify the environment
 	in which the commit will be performed.  Specifically, you might
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index aafaf708d..2758ae5eb 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ set_ident () {
 	finish_ident COMMITTER
 }
 
-USAGE="[--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>]
-	[--index-filter <command>] [--parent-filter <command>]
-	[--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>]
-	[--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>]
-	[--original <namespace>] [-d <directory>] [-f | --force]
+USAGE="[--setup <command>] [--env-filter <command>]
+	[--tree-filter <command>] [--index-filter <command>]
+	[--parent-filter <command>] [--msg-filter <command>]
+	[--commit-filter <command>] [--tag-name-filter <command>]
+	[--subdirectory-filter <directory>] [--original <namespace>]
+	[-d <directory>] [-f | --force]
 	[<rev-list options>...]"
 
 OPTIONS_SPEC=
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ if [ "$(is_bare_repository)" = false ]; then
 fi
 
 tempdir=.git-rewrite
+filter_setup=
 filter_env=
 filter_tree=
 filter_index=
@@ -148,6 +150,9 @@ do
 	-d)
 		tempdir="$OPTARG"
 		;;
+	--setup)
+		filter_setup="$OPTARG"
+		;;
 	--env-filter)
 		filter_env="$OPTARG"
 		;;
@@ -317,6 +322,9 @@ else
 	need_index=
 fi
 
+eval "$filter_setup" < /dev/null ||
+	die "filter setup failed: $filter_setup"
+
 while read commit parents; do
 	git_filter_branch__commit_count=$(($git_filter_branch__commit_count+1))
 

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2.13.0