Re: renormalize histroy with smudge/clean-filter

From: Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 7, 2025, 11:17 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPx1GvfYDRheWChrisUkZsLr4ucWO_o_k9Dh8wS3xcz2P-Pxig@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAPx1GvcyaZqYK+SvgtfsajqtkMty1jOcVAtwfmam-LpOjyd0jw@mail.gmail.com>

Oops, I left something unfinished:

On Fri, Feb 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM Chris Torek <chris.torek@gmail.com> wrote:

> Running with an explicit `--renormalize` turns off the efficiency trick.
> This is documented (indirectly) where

I forgot to fill in the "where" part.

It seems to be in both the FAQ and in `gitattributes`:

  Documentation/gitfaq.txt:You will need to run `git add
--renormalize` to have this take effect.  Note
  Documentation/gitattributes.txt:Note: Whenever the clean filter is
changed, the
repo should be renormalized:

Chris

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