# git filter-branch examples on man page are outdated 4 messages from 2009-02-12 to 2009-02-12. Participants: Jeffrey Chupp, Jacob Helwig, Junio C Hamano, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17754 ## Jeffrey Chupp, 2009-02-12 16:33 Subject: git filter-branch examples on man page are outdated Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/AB13D1C5-4464-49B5-8314-FCB1E249BF22%40semanticart.com ``` http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-filter-branch.html mb:repo jeff$ ls db/data/us_cities.data.insert.sql db/data/us_cities.data.insert.sql mb:repo jeff$ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm -f --cached db/ data/us_cities.data.insert.sql' HEAD Rewrite d54d3041d7d5739b3093f802fc1ef45f3c8e5e16 (1/2713)fatal: pathspec 'db/data/us_cities.data.insert.sql' did not match any files index filter failed: git rm -f --cached db/data/ us_cities.data.insert.sql ekidd speculated that since the file wasn't in the first version of the repo, it was borking. He was right. Next he told me to try git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm -f --cached db/data/ us_cities.data.insert.sql || true' which worked. He also asked me to point this out on this list: ekidd:semanticart: Commit 8c1ce0f46b85d40f215084eed7313896300082df changed the behavior without updating the example in the man page. If you're feeling inspired, you may want to post this to git@vger. Thanks and apologies for any etiquette breaches, I don't know what I'm doing :) -jeff ``` ## Jacob Helwig, 2009-02-12 18:01 Subject: [PATCH] Add 'rm -f' equivalent to 'git rm' example of filter-branch --index-filter Message-ID: <1234461670-25657-1-git-send-email-jacob.helwig@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1234461670-25657-1-git-send-email-jacob.helwig%40gmail.com In-Reply-To: ``` Signed-off-by: Jacob Helwig --- Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 451950b..1fbbbb4 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached filename' HEAD Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in HEAD. +As with using `rm filename`, `git rm --cached filename` will fail +if the file is absent from the tree of a commit. If it is not important +whether the file is already absent from the tree, you can use +`git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename` instead. + To rewrite the repository to look as if `foodir/` had been its project root, and discard all other history: -- 1.6.1.1 ``` ## Junio C Hamano, 2009-02-12 22:47 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add 'rm -f' equivalent to 'git rm' example of filter-branch --index-filter Message-ID: <7v4oyzjmqv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/7v4oyzjmqv.fsf%40gitster.siamese.dyndns.org In-Reply-To: <1234461670-25657-1-git-send-email-jacob.helwig@gmail.com> ``` Jacob Helwig writes: > Signed-off-by: Jacob Helwig > --- > Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 5 +++++ > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > index 451950b..1fbbbb4 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > @@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached filename' HEAD > > Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in HEAD. > > +As with using `rm filename`, `git rm --cached filename` will fail > +if the file is absent from the tree of a commit. If it is not important > +whether the file is already absent from the tree, you can use > +`git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename` instead. > + > To rewrite the repository to look as if `foodir/` had been its project > root, and discard all other history: Looks sane to me. Objections? ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2009-02-12 23:06 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add 'rm -f' equivalent to 'git rm' example of filter-branch --index-filter Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/alpine.DEB.1.00.0902130005580.10279%40pacific.mpi-cbg.de In-Reply-To: <7v4oyzjmqv.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> ``` Hi, On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jacob Helwig writes: > > > Signed-off-by: Jacob Helwig > > --- > > Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 5 +++++ > > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > > index 451950b..1fbbbb4 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > > @@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached filename' HEAD > > > > Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in HEAD. > > > > +As with using `rm filename`, `git rm --cached filename` will fail > > +if the file is absent from the tree of a commit. If it is not important > > +whether the file is already absent from the tree, you can use > > +`git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename` instead. > > + > > To rewrite the repository to look as if `foodir/` had been its project > > root, and discard all other history: > > > Looks sane to me. Objections? Definitely no objections from me. Ciao, Dscho ```