From: Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:49:29 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Improve documentation of git-filter-branch rev-list specification.
Message-ID: <4743E309.4090707@viscovery.net>
In-Reply-To: <877ikc3gzc.wl%cworth@cworth.org>

Carl Worth schrieb:
> +The filters can modify the tree content stored in each commit,
> +(e.g. removing a file or running a perl rewrite on all files), or the
> +associated information about each commit, (commit message, author,
> +parent, etc.). Any information not affected by a filter (including
> +original commit times or merge information) will be preserved. If you
> +specify no filters, the commits will be recommitted without any
> +changes.

"... will be recommitted without any changes as long as no grafted parents 
are encountered. Any grafted parents will be written into the commits even 
if no filters are specified."

-- Hannes