From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 19:09:39 GMT
Subject: Re: New command/tool: git filter-repo
Message-ID: <xmqq36p83aq4.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <CABPp-BFC--s+D0ijRkFCRxP5Lxfi+__YF4EdxkpO5z+GoNW7Gg@mail.gmail.com>

Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:

> 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.