Re: [PATCH 3/4] filter-branch: fix --prune-empty on parentless commits

> "Devin J. Pohly" <djpohly@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I think your point is interesting too, though.  If a commit is also
>> TREESAME to its parent(s?) in the _pre-filtered_ branch, it seems
>> reasonable that someone might want to leave it in the filtered branch as
>> an empty commit while pruning empt*ied* commits.  I would imagine that
>> as another option (--prune-newly-empty?).
>
> I was hoping to hear from others who may care about filter-branch to
> comment on this topic to help me decide, but I haven't heard
> anything, so here is my tentative thinking.
>
> I am leaning to:
>
>  * Take your series as-is, which would mean --prune-empty will
>    change the behaviour to unconditionally lose the empty root.
>