Re: [PATCH] git-filter-branch: document --original option

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Aug 30, 2007, 23:04 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0708310004130.28586@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <7vy7fs7kmc.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>

Hi,

On Thu, 30 Aug 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > +--original <namespace>::
> > +	Use this option to set the namespace where the original commits
> > +	will be stored. The default value is 'refs/original'.
> > +
> 
> The default seems to be "refs/original/".
> 
> Even worse.
> 
> I think if you say --force --original refs/head (notice the lack
> of "s" nor slash at the end), the code will get you in a *lot*
> of trouble.
> 
> Dscho, don't we want to do something like this?

Yes, I think so, too. The --original option is probably the least tested option of filter-branch :-(

Ciao, Dscho