Re: stgit: cleaning up after using git branch delete commands

From: Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 7, 2007, 16:11 UTC
Message-ID: <9e4733910711070811y72f96a90i4db9acdf93aa765c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <tnxwssuyug1.fsf@pc1117.cambridge.arm.com>

On 11/7/07, Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:

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> "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've used git commands to delete several branches that had stgit
> > active on it.  Doing that has left a bunch of clutter in the .git
> > directory. Is there a stgit command to remove all the clutter from
> > branches that no longer exist? I'd like to use the branch names again
> > but the clutter is interfering.
>
> You can create the branch back with GIT and run "stg branch --delete
> --force", though I don't guarantee it will work (BTW, I only recently
> relaxed the branch deletion rules in StGIT so that it doesn't complain
> of missing files and completes the operation, so you should use the
> latest HEAD).

how about a 'stg gc' command that gets rid of all the inaccessible clutter?

>
> --
> Catalin
>

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Jon Smirl
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