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filter-branch: Remove original/* (was Re: [RFC] What's the best UI for 'git submodule split'?)

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EKEric Kidd <git@randomhacks.net>
Date
Feb 14, 2009, 02:45 UTC
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On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Eric Kidd wrote:
>
> >   rm .git/refs/original # or just use --force below
>
> BTW I wanted to get rid of this for a long time now, but I cannot seem to
> find the time to work on it.  The 'original' refs should not be needed, as
> that's a job for the reflogs (yeah, people tried to convince me back then,
> but I finally got it, okay?)

Removing the original/* directory would certainly make my life easier. But the reflog only stores backups for branch heads, not tags, right? If there's a good way to handle this, I'd be happy to send a patch.

Cheers, Eric

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