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Re: Remove all files except a few files, using filter-branch

From
Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net>
Date
Sep 18, 2012, 15:10 UTC
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Am 9/18/2012 17:01, schrieb Yi, EungJun:
>> --index-filter "git rm --cached -qr -- . && git reset -q -- filename"
> 
> Hmm... I tried as you said, but it seems to lose history.
I think it should be '... && git reset -q $GIT_COMMIT -- filename'
-- Hannes
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