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Re: Truncating and cleaning a imported git repositary to make it more usable

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ABAlex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com>
Date
Mar 28, 2008, 16:03 UTC
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On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:52 PM, Alex Bennee <kernel-hacker@bennee.com> wrote:
>  ajb@pitcairn:/export/git/fresh.git$ git-filter-branch --tree-filter
>  'rm -rf big_dira big_dirb' dev-branch
>  warning: refname 'dev-branch' is ambiguous.
>  Which ref do you want to rewrite?
Ignore me. Not sure why but:

git-checkout dev-branch git-filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf big_dira big_dirb' HEAD

works
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  1. Alex BenneeMar 28, 2008
  2. Avery PennarunMar 28, 2008
  3. Alex BenneeMar 28, 2008
  4. Alex BenneeMar 28, 2008
  5. Alex BenneeMar 28, 2008
  6. Johannes SixtMar 28, 2008
  7. Documentation: Another example for git-filter-branchAlex Bennee, Mar 28, 2008
  8. Mike HommeyMar 28, 2008
  9. Alex BenneeMar 29, 2008
  10. Jakub NarebskiMar 29, 2008
  11. Johannes SixtMar 31, 2008
  12. Jeff KingMar 28, 2008
  13. Jeff KingMar 28, 2008
  14. Michael HaggertyMar 29, 2008

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