From: David Glasser <glasser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The docs claim that filters are applied in the listed order, so subdirectory-filter should come first. --- Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 9e5169aa64f4f..605583c0ad2b5 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ OPTIONS can be used or modified in the following filter steps except the commit filter, for technical reasons. +--subdirectory-filter <directory>:: + Only look at the history which touches the given subdirectory. + The result will contain that directory (and only that) as its + project root. Implies <<Remap_to_ancestor>>. + --env-filter <command>:: This filter may be used if you only need to modify the environment in which the commit will be performed. Specifically, you might @@ -167,11 +172,6 @@ be removed, buyer beware. There is also no support for changing the author or timestamp (or the tag message for that matter). Tags which point to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. ---subdirectory-filter <directory>:: - Only look at the history which touches the given subdirectory. - The result will contain that directory (and only that) as its - project root. Implies <<Remap_to_ancestor>>. - --prune-empty:: Some filters will generate empty commits that leave the tree untouched. This option instructs git-filter-branch to remove such commits if they -- https://github.com/git/git/pull/415
