Merge branch 'tk/doc-filter-branch' into maint-1.8.1

Add an example use of "--env-filter" in "filter-branch"
documentation.

* tk/doc-filter-branch:
  Documentation: filter-branch env-filter example
  git-filter-branch.txt: clarify ident variables usage
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Junio C Hamano 2013-03-25 13:45:53 -07:00
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@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ argument is always evaluated in the shell context using the 'eval' command
Prior to that, the $GIT_COMMIT environment variable will be set to contain
the id of the commit being rewritten. Also, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME,
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL,
and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE are set according to the current commit. The values
of these variables after the filters have run, are used for the new commit.
and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE are taken from the current commit and exported to
the environment, in order to affect the author and committer identities of
the replacement commit created by linkgit:git-commit-tree[1] after the
filters have run.
If any evaluation of <command> returns a non-zero exit status, the whole
operation will be aborted.
@ -329,6 +332,26 @@ git filter-branch --msg-filter '
' HEAD~10..HEAD
--------------------------------------------------------
The `--env-filter` option can be used to modify committer and/or author
identity. For example, if you found out that your commits have the wrong
identity due to a misconfigured user.email, you can make a correction,
before publishing the project, like this:
--------------------------------------------------------
git filter-branch --env-filter '
if test "$GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL" = "root@localhost"
then
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=john@example.com
export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL
fi
if test "$GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL" = "root@localhost"
then
GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=john@example.com
export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL
fi
' -- --all
--------------------------------------------------------
To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision
range in addition to the new branch name. The new branch name will
point to the top-most revision that a 'git rev-list' of this range