On Jun 28, 2011, at 2:04 AM, Christof Krüger wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> $ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch
>> */one.txt' HEAD
>
> The following should work:
>
> git branch temp
> git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch foo' temp
> git reset temp
>
> This creates branch "temp" pointing to the same commit as "master".
> Then you filter-branch the "temp" branch. This leaves file "foo" in your
> working directory intact, as your current branch is actually "master". The
> third step resets your current "branch" to the commit pointed by the
> rewritten branch "temp". The default for git reset is --mixed which
> according to the man page leaves the working tree alone.
>
Thanks for the reply Chris. It worked for me. I am not following last command "git reset <branch-name>" though. I have used SHA1 commit object names in 'git reset' command, but I am not sure how <commit> is using branch name here. Is it because branch is a commit pointer in the git history?
Also, how do I specify rev-list HEAD-1 so that 'git rm' will be run on all commits excepts latest commit? Following didn't work for me, so I guess I am not following syntax here.
{{{
$ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch apple' HEAD~1
Which ref do you want to rewrite?
}}}
Any help?
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Thanks,
Shantanu.
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