Re: How to remove a commit object?

> A solution to both problems seemed to be to use git-filter-branch to
> create a new repo by filtering out all the unwanted files. The
> astonishing result was that, for the subdirectory I tried it on, 90%
> or so of the commits on that subdirectory just disappeared. It didn't
> look right at all. Although I can't say for sure exactly what I did
> with filter-branch, I would appreciate some guidance for using it. It
> basically seemed to do exactly what I wanted (recreate the repo, minus
> some explicit stuff, with history intact otherwise), except the result
> looked crazy.