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Re: Problem with git filter-branch

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Oct 25, 2008, 20:36 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0810252235040.22125@pacific.mpi-cbg.de.mpi-cbg.de>
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<4902E7D8.6050401@obry.net>
Hi,
On Sat, 25 Oct 2008, Pascal Obry wrote:
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> Anyway, I used to run the following command:
> 
> $ git filter-branch --tag-name-filter cat --parent-filter "sed -e
> 's/^$/-p c96d4da294667de1800687d25340551683153002/'" svn-release_2_6
> 
> without problem, I now get this:
> 
> Namespace refs/original/ not empty
> rm: cannot remove directory
> `/home/obry/dev/repositories/git/proj/.git-rewrite': Directory not empty

It is a (maybe ill-conceived) feature. When branches are rewritten, their original versions are stored in the refs/original/ namespace. You can force overwriting with "-f".

I wonder if people would like to have this feature removed; reflogs should be enough.

Thoughts?

Ciao, Dscho

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  4. Pascal ObryOct 25, 2008
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