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Re: [RFC PATCH 0/5] Remove git-filter-branch from git.git; host it elsewhere

From
Sergey Organov <sorganov@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 27, 2019, 08:43 UTC
Message-ID
<87v9ujc827.fsf@osv.gnss.ru>
In-Reply-To
<20190827070324.7l2cpc3dlnithbm6@whir>
Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> writes:
[...]
> AFAIK, filter-branch is not causing support headaches for any
> git developers today.  With so many commands in git, it's
> unlikely newbies will ever get around to discover it :)
> So I think think we should be in any rush to remove it.

Nah, discovering it is simple. Just Google for "git change author". That eventually leads to a script that uses "git filter-branch --env-filter" to get the job done, and I'm afraid it is spread all over the world.

See, e.g.:
https://help.github.com/en/articles/changing-author-info
> But I agree that filter-branch isn't useful and certainly
> shouldn't be encouraged/promoted.

Well, is there more suitable way to change author for a (large) set of commits then?

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> Yet there's probably still users which ARE happy with it, that
> will never hit the edge cases and problems it poses; and will
> never read release notes.  And said users are probably getting
> git from a slow-moving distro, so it'd be a disservice to them
> if they lost a tool they depend on without any warning.

Personally, I'm far from happy with it, but I have no clue how to substitute it in the job above. Anybody?

-- Sergey
Previous: Eric WongNext: Elijah Newren
Message 19 of 73 in “RFC: Proposing git-filter-repo for inclusion in git.git”
  1. Elijah NewrenAug 22, 2019
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2019
  3. Elijah NewrenAug 22, 2019
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2019
  5. 0/5 Remove git-filter-branch from git.git; host it elsewhereElijah Newren, Aug 26, 2019
  6. 1/5 t6006: simplify and optimize empty message testElijah Newren, Aug 26, 2019
  7. Derrick StoleeAug 27, 2019
  8. 2/5 t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-importElijah Newren, Aug 26, 2019
  9. Derrick StoleeAug 27, 2019
  10. 3/5 git-sh-i18n: work with external scriptsElijah Newren, Aug 26, 2019
  11. Derrick StoleeAug 27, 2019
  12. 4/5 Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch in documentationElijah Newren, Aug 26, 2019
  13. Derrick StoleeAug 27, 2019
  14. Elijah NewrenAug 27, 2019
  15. 5/5 Remove git-filter-branch, it is now external to git.gitElijah Newren, Aug 26, 2019
  16. Derrick StoleeAug 27, 2019
  17. Elijah NewrenAug 27, 2019
  18. Eric WongAug 27, 2019
  19. Sergey OrganovAug 27, 2019
  20. Elijah NewrenAug 27, 2019
  21. Sergey OrganovAug 28, 2019
  22. Elijah NewrenAug 28, 2019
  23. Sergey OrganovAug 28, 2019
  24. Johannes SchindelinAug 30, 2019
  25. Elijah NewrenAug 30, 2019
  26. Johannes SchindelinSep 2, 2019
  27. Elijah NewrenSep 3, 2019
  28. 0/4 Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid itElijah Newren, Aug 28, 2019
  29. 1/4 t6006: simplify and optimize empty message testElijah Newren, Aug 28, 2019
  30. 2/4 t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-importElijah Newren, Aug 28, 2019
  31. Eric SunshineAug 28, 2019
  32. 3/4 Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branchElijah Newren, Aug 28, 2019
  33. Eric SunshineAug 28, 2019
  34. Elijah NewrenAug 28, 2019
  35. 4/4 Remove git-filter-branch, it is now external to git.gitElijah Newren, Aug 28, 2019
  36. 0/4 Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid itElijah Newren, Aug 29, 2019
  37. 1/4 t6006: simplify and optimize empty message testElijah Newren, Aug 29, 2019
  38. 2/4 t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-importElijah Newren, Aug 29, 2019
  39. 4/4 t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testingElijah Newren, Aug 29, 2019
  40. 3/4 Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branchElijah Newren, Aug 29, 2019
  41. Eric SunshineAug 29, 2019
  42. Elijah NewrenAug 30, 2019
  43. 0/4 Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid itElijah Newren, Aug 30, 2019
  44. 1/4 t6006: simplify and optimize empty message testElijah Newren, Aug 30, 2019
  45. Johannes SchindelinSep 2, 2019
  46. 2/4 t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-importElijah Newren, Aug 30, 2019
  47. Johannes SchindelinSep 2, 2019
  48. 4/4 t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testingElijah Newren, Aug 30, 2019
  49. 3/4 Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branchElijah Newren, Aug 30, 2019
  50. 0/4 Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid itElijah Newren, Sep 3, 2019
  51. 2/4 t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-importElijah Newren, Sep 3, 2019
  52. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2019
  53. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2019
  54. Elijah NewrenSep 4, 2019
  55. 1/4 t6006: simplify and optimize empty message testElijah Newren, Sep 3, 2019
  56. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2019
  57. Elijah NewrenSep 3, 2019
  58. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2019
  59. 3/4 Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branchElijah Newren, Sep 3, 2019
  60. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2019
  61. Elijah NewrenSep 4, 2019
  62. 4/4 t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testingElijah Newren, Sep 3, 2019
  63. 0/3 Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid itElijah Newren, Sep 4, 2019
  64. 1/3 t6006: simplify, fix, and optimize empty message testElijah Newren, Sep 4, 2019
  65. 2/3 Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branchElijah Newren, Sep 4, 2019
  66. 3/3 t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testingElijah Newren, Sep 4, 2019
  67. Eric WongAug 23, 2019
  68. Elijah NewrenAug 23, 2019
  69. Elijah NewrenAug 23, 2019
  70. Johannes SchindelinAug 28, 2019
  71. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2019
  72. Derrick StoleeAug 23, 2019
  73. Jeff KingAug 26, 2019

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