A subset of commits in a branch used to be specified by options (-k, -r)
as well as the branch tip itself (-s). It is more natural (for git users)
to specify revision ranges like 'master..next' instead. This makes it so.
If no range is specified it defaults to 'HEAD'.
As a consequence, the new name of the filtered branch must be the first
non-option argument. All remaining arguments are passed to 'git rev-list'
unmodified.
The tip of the branch that gets filtered is implied: It is the first
commit that git rev-list would print for the specified range.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Sixt <johannes.sixt@telecom.at>
Acked-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
The option '-k' says that the given commit and _all_ of its ancestors
are kept as-is.
However, if a to-be-rewritten commit branched from an ancestor of an
ancestor of a commit given with '-k', filter-branch would fail.
Example:
A - B
\
C
If filter-branch was called with '-k B -s C', it would actually keep
B (and A as its parent), but would rewrite C, and its parent.
Noticed by Johannes Sixt.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
This script is derived from Pasky's cg-admin-rewritehist.
In fact, it _is_ the same script, minimally adapted to work without cogito.
It _should_ be able to perform the same tasks, even if only relying on
core-git programs.
All the work is Pasky's, just the adaption is mine.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Hopefully-signed-off-by: Petr "cogito master" Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
