From: Sam Vilain <sam@vilain.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:34:38 GMT
Subject: Re: Rewriting history with git-filter-branch and leaking objects (?)
Message-ID: <46C7AC3E.5010806@vilain.net>
In-Reply-To: <20070817174621.GA14503@glandium.org>

Mike Hommey wrote:
> Well, with the introduction of git-filter-branch, once you have
> rewritten your history and validated that everything is okay,
> you might mean to remove the original branch...
>   

Right, but it's probably better to leave a trail.  I tend to use
refs/Attic/* for branches that I've re-written (if I published them). 
That way, nothing will send or receive them by default.  Sometimes I'll
have a "clean" repository which doesn't have any of them for faster
initial cloning.

Sam.