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Re: New command/tool: git filter-repo

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 31, 2019, 19:09 UTC
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Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
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> git-filter-repo[1], a filter-branch-like tool for rewriting repository
> history, is ready for more widespread testing and feedback.  The rough
> edges I previously mentioned have been fixed, and it has several useful
> features already, though more development work is ongoing (docs are a
> bit sparse right now, though -h provides some help).
>
> Why filter-repo vs. filter-branch?

How does it compare with bfg-repo-cleaner? Somehow I was led to believe that all serious users of filter-branch like functionality are using bfg-repo-cleaner instead.

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