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Re: [BUG] git filter-branch failed to suppress a file with an accentuated letter in the filename

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Remi Vanicat <vanicat@debian.org>
Date
Feb 16, 2008, 06:34 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Remi Vanicat <vanicat@debian.org> writes:
>
>> The culprit seem to be those line of filter-branch: (around line 279) 
>> 		git diff-index -r $commit | cut -f 2- | tr '\012' '\000' | \
>> 			xargs -0 git update-index --add --replace --remove
>> git diff-index giving the filename as "foo/bar\303\251"
>
> I have to wonder in what century filter-branch was written ;-)
>
> Shouldn't those two lines be:
>
> 	git diff-index -r --name-only $commit |
>         git update-index --add --replace --remove --stdin
That solve the bug for me.
-- 
Rémi Vanicat
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  1. Remi VanicatFeb 15, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2008
  7. Remi VanicatFeb 16, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2008
  9. Remi VanicatFeb 16, 2008

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