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Re: Repo with only one file

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SWshawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com>
Date
Aug 9, 2013, 21:54 UTC
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On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 6:32 AM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@viscovery.net> wrote:
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> Am 8/9/2013 12:03, schrieb shawn wilson:
>> The question still stands though - why is that unassociated commit left there?
>
> Because your command did not remove it. filter-branch does not know that
> it is "unassociated" when you ask it to follow all commits beginning at
> HEAD. But when you say 'HEAD -- webban.pl', you ask it to follow only
> commits that touch webban.pl, which automatically skips that commit.
>
I can go with that. However, I don't think that's the end of the story either:
 % du -sh .
192M    .
Something has been left behind. What? Or how do I figure that out and remove it?
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  1. shawn wilsonAug 7, 2013
  2. Johannes SixtAug 7, 2013
  3. shawn wilsonAug 7, 2013
  4. Phil HordAug 8, 2013
  5. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2013
  6. shawn wilsonAug 9, 2013
  7. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2013
  8. shawn wilsonAug 9, 2013
  9. Johannes SixtAug 9, 2013
  10. shawn wilsonAug 9, 2013
  11. Phil HordAug 9, 2013

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