Re: [PATCH] Document git-filter-branch

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 11, 2007, 16:53 UTC
Message-ID: <f731u9$1ir$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707040004200.4071@racer.site>

[Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
 Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.de>]

Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Wed, 4 Jul 2007, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:

>>> +Note that since this operation is extensively I/O expensive, it might
>>> +be a good idea to redirect the temporary directory it off-disk, e.g. on

By the way, could git-filter-branch use git-fast-import to reduce I/O?

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>>> +the id of the commit being rewritten.  The author/committer environment
>>> +variables are set before the first filter is run.
>> 
>> Maybe give the actual names of the environment variables here?
> 
> If you think so:
> 
>       Also, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, 
>       GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL, and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE is 
>       set according to the current commit.

Or

        Also, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME, GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, 
        GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL, and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE  
        are filled with data taken from the current commit.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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