On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Johannes Sixt <j.sixt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ondrej Certik schrieb: >> I am also trying to make the example simpler. I tried to squash the >> first uninteresting ~1500 commits into one, but "git rebase -i" >> uterrly fails after squashing about 600 commits. Still investigating. > > Don't use rebase. Set a graft and rewrite the history: > > $ echo $(git rev-parse HEAD) $(git rev-parse HEAD~1500) >> \ > .git/info/grafts > > Assuming "first 1500" means the "most recent 1500" commits. But you get > the idea. You can truncate history as well by omitting the second SHA1. > It's very convenient to keep gitk open and File->Reload after each graft > that you set. > > When you're done with setting grafts: > > $ git filter-branch -f --tag-name-filter cat -- --all > > (You are doing this on a copy of your repository, don't you?) Thanks for the tip with grafts. I tried that on some other repository when I needed to truncate the history and it works like a charm. Ondrej -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html