# [PATCH] git-filter-branch.txt: (Checklist for Shrinking): Adjust commands and options 1 messages from 2010-12-05 to 2010-12-05. Participants: jari.aalto@cante.net. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/25972 ## jari.aalto@cante.net, 2010-12-05 19:14 Subject: [PATCH] git-filter-branch.txt: (Checklist for Shrinking): Adjust commands and options Message-ID: <1291576487-12120-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto@cante.net> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1291576487-12120-1-git-send-email-jari.aalto%40cante.net ``` From: Jari Aalto Add a little more explanation to bullet that talks about cryptic --tag-name-filter options. Suggest also option --expire-unreachable=0 in "git reflog" call. Add option --aggressive to garbage collect call. Signed-off-by: Jari Aalto --- Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 16 +++++++++------- 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 796e748..180fdaa 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -380,8 +380,10 @@ objects until you tell it to. First make sure that: over its lifetime. `git log \--name-only \--follow \--all \-- filename` can help you find renames. -* You really filtered all refs: use `\--tag-name-filter cat \-- - \--all` when calling git-filter-branch. +* You really filtered all refs. Without the following, you could have + some branches or tags still pointing to the commits before + filtering: + `\--tag-name-filter cat \-- \--all` Then there are two ways to get a smaller repository. A safer way is to clone, that keeps your original intact. @@ -399,12 +401,12 @@ warned. for-each-ref \--format="%(refname)" refs/original/ | xargs -n 1 git update-ref -d`. -* Expire all reflogs with `git reflog expire \--expire=now \--all`. - -* Garbage collect all unreferenced objects with `git gc \--prune=now` - (or if your git-gc is not new enough to support arguments to - `\--prune`, use `git repack -ad; git prune` instead). +* Expire all reflogs with `git reflog expire \--expire=now \--all + \--expire-unreachable=0`. +* Garbage collect all unreferenced objects with `git gc \--aggressive + \--prune=now`. Or if your git-gc is not new enough to support + arguments to `\--prune`, use `git repack -ad; git prune` instead. Author ------ -- 1.7.2.3 ```