From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:22:42 GMT
Subject: Re: Trying to use git-filter-branch to compress history by removing large, obsolete binary files
Message-ID: <4709CCB2.4000202@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0710080204140.4174@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin schrieb:
> The rationale was this: filter-branch recently learnt how to rewrite many 
> branches, and it might be tedious to find out which ones.  But then, there 
> is git log --no-walk --all, so maybe I really should get rid of 
> refs/original/*?
> 
> I'd like to have some comments from the heavier filter-branch users on 
> that...

IMHO, a backup of the original refs is needed. However, it may be wise to 
store them in the refs/heads namespace so that 'git branch -d' can delete 
them and 'git branch -m' can move them back if something went wrong.

-- Hannes