Re: [PATCH 2/2] add [--] to usage of filter-branch
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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- Jun 9, 2017, 13:14 UTC
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Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> writes:
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> Am 03.06.2017 um 12:17 schrieb Andreas Heiduk: >> Signed-off-by: Andreas Heiduk <asheiduk@gmail.com> >> --- >> Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 3 ++- >> git-filter-branch.sh | 2 +- >> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt >> index 45c849d8c..1efdda804 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt >> @@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ OPTIONS >> This is not a real filter executed for each commit but a one >> time setup just before the loop. Therefore no commit-specific >> variables are defined yet. Functions or variables defined here >> - can be used or modified in the following filter steps. >> + can be used or modified in the following filter steps except >> + the commit filter, for technical reasons. > > I'll move that into the previous commit.
Yeah, the description of "technical limitation" is different from clarifying the disambiguating "--" in the documentation.
I am curious what the "technical reason" really is, though ;-)