From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:42:33 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] Make filter-branch work with many branches
Message-ID: <4E270579.7060309@kdbg.org>
In-Reply-To: <CA809344-F7C2-4A41-B4F7-15B5EEB9B7E2@apple.com>

Am 20.07.2011 15:42, schrieb Dave Zarzycki:
> -rev_args=$(git rev-parse --revs-only "$@")
> +rev_parse_args="$@"

This won't do what you expect when "$@" should expand to more than one
word.

I meant something like the following. Warning: Completely untested.

diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 962a93b..d0a933e 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ else
 	remap_to_ancestor=t
 fi
 
-rev_args=$(git rev-parse --revs-only "$@")
+git rev-parse --revs-only "$@" >../revargs || exit
 
 case "$filter_subdir" in
 "")
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ case "$filter_subdir" in
 esac
 
 git rev-list --reverse --topo-order --default HEAD \
-	--parents --simplify-merges $rev_args "$@" > ../revs ||
+	--parents --simplify-merges --stdin "$@" <../revargs >../revs ||
 	die "Could not get the commits"
 commits=$(wc -l <../revs | tr -d " ")