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Re: Remove all files except a few files, using filter-branch

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Yi, EungJun <semtlenori@gmail.com>
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Sep 18, 2012, 15:25 UTC
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> I think it should be '... && git reset -q $GIT_COMMIT -- filename'
It works! Thanks to Hannes and Andreas!
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
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> Am 9/18/2012 17:01, schrieb Yi, EungJun:
>>> --index-filter "git rm --cached -qr -- . && git reset -q -- filename"
>>
>> Hmm... I tried as you said, but it seems to lose history.
>
> I think it should be '... && git reset -q $GIT_COMMIT -- filename'
>
> -- Hannes
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  1. Yi, EungJunSep 16, 2012
  2. Andreas SchwabSep 16, 2012
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  4. Johannes SixtSep 18, 2012
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