Re: is it possible filter the revision history of a single file into another repository?

From: Whit Armstrong <armstrong.whit@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 19, 2008, 13:08 UTC
Message-ID: <8ec76080812190508v2ef0f982pab66a698f06a80d5@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <200812191044.47830.thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com>

thanks, Thomas. I could definitely pull from your tree. seems like the path of least resistance to get my repo split.

Cheers, Whit

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 4:44 AM, Thomas Jarosch <thomas.jarosch@intra2net.com> wrote:

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> On Thursday, 18. December 2008 20:51:38 Whit Armstrong wrote:
>> Sorry, seem to be getting this error:
>> `/home/whit/dvl/risk.metrics.utils/RiskMetrics/.git-rewrite/t/../index.new'
>>: No such file or directory
>>
>> do I need to set up the index file first?
>
> Hmm, I guess you have an empty commit in your repository like I did.
> This is currently a corner case in update-index, which does not create empty
> index files. I posted a patch a few days ago and Junio posted an updated
> version of that. I could send you my version for git 1.6.0.5 if you need it.
>
>> Is there a good site that documents this procedure?
>
> A good start is the git-filter-branch man page and the mailinglist archive.
>
> Thomas
>
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