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Re: [PATCH] git-filter-branch: document --original option

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 30, 2007, 21:55 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> writes:
> +--original <namespace>::
> +	Use this option to set the namespace where the original commits
> +	will be stored. The default value is 'refs/original'.
> +
The default seems to be "refs/original/".
Even worse.

I think if you say --force --original refs/head (notice the lack of "s" nor slash at the end), the code will get you in a *lot* of trouble.

Dscho, don't we want to do something like this?
---
 git-filter-branch.sh |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 0190060..a7f50a6 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ do
 		filter_subdir="$OPTARG"
 		;;
 	--original)
+		case "$OPTARG" in */) ;; *) OPTARG="$OPTARG/" ;; esac
 		orig_namespace="$OPTARG"
 		;;
 	*)
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Message 6 of 12 in “git-filter-branch: more detailed USAGE”
  1. git-filter-branch: more detailed USAGEGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 30, 2007
  2. Johannes SixtAug 30, 2007
  3. Giuseppe BilottaAug 30, 2007
  4. git-filter-branch: more detailed USAGEGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 30, 2007
  5. git-filter-branch: document --original optionGiuseppe Bilotta, Aug 30, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2007
  7. David KastrupAug 30, 2007
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2007
  9. Junio C HamanoAug 30, 2007
  10. David KastrupAug 31, 2007
  11. David KastrupAug 31, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 30, 2007

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