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Re: Problem using git-filter-branch to move tree when repository name contains space

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JBJean-François Burdet <jfburdet@revelate.com>
Date
Apr 1, 2011, 21:49 UTC
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<4D964850.3050800@revelate.com>
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<20110401144107.GA3103@sigill.intra.peff.net>

What you suggested solved my problem. What a fast answer ! 6minutes ! Thanks,

JF.
On 01.04.2011 16:41, Jeff King wrote:
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> The problem is that GIT_INDEX_FILE is an absolute path that contains the
> repo name. So it needs to be quoted in the mv command. This should work:
> 
>   git filter-branch --index-filter \
>     'git ls-files -s | sed "s-\t\"*-&newsubdir/-" |
>       GIT_INDEX_FILE=$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \
>         git update-index --index-info &&
>      mv "$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new" "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"' HEAD
> 
> -Peff
> 
>
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Message 4 of 4 in “Problem using git-filter-branch to move tree when repository name contains space”
  1. Jean-François BurdetApr 1, 2011
  2. Jeff KingApr 1, 2011
  3. docs: fix filter-branch subdir example for exotic repo namesJeff King, Apr 1, 2011
  4. Jean-François BurdetApr 1, 2011

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