Re: [PATCH] Add git-filter-branch

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 3, 2007, 00:50 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706030147520.4046@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <f3t2mm$f0$1@sea.gmane.org>

Hi,

[thank you for not including me in the Cc: list]

On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Jakub Narebski wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > This script is derived from Pasky's cg-admin-rewritehist.
> > 
> > In fact, it _is_ the same script, minimally adapted to work without cogito.
> > It _should_ be able to perform the same tasks, even if only relying on
> > core-git programs.
> > 
> > All the work is Pasky's, just the adaption is mine.
> 
> I was thinking about rewriting cg-adin-rewritehist as git-rewritehist
> using Perl (IIRC it needs bash, not only POSIX shell), and make it
> use git-fast-import.

First, it does not need Perl.

Second, it does not even need bash.

At least that is what I tried to make sure. I replaced the only instance of a bashim I was aware, namely the arrayism of $unchanged. It can be a string just as well, as we are only storing object names in it.

Tell me if it does not work for you.

Or even better, provide me with a test case that fails for you.

Ciao, Dscho