"git filter-branch -- --all" print error messages when refs that point at
objects that are not committish. Such refs can be created by "git replace" with
trees or blobs. And also "git tag" with trees or blobs can create such refs.
Filter these problematic refs out early, before they are seen by the logic to
see which refs have been modified and which have been left intact (which is
where the unwanted error messages come from), and warn that these refs are left
unwritten while doing so.
---
git-filter-branch.sh | 14 ++++++++++++--
t/t7003-filter-branch.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 1b7e4b2..41efecb 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -251,8 +251,18 @@ done < "$tempdir"/backup-refs
# The refs should be updated if their heads were rewritten
git rev-parse --no-flags --revs-only --symbolic-full-name \
- --default HEAD "$@" > "$tempdir"/raw-heads || exit
-sed -e '/^^/d' "$tempdir"/raw-heads >"$tempdir"/heads
+ --default HEAD "$@" > "$tempdir"/raw-refs || exit
+while read ref
+do
+ case "$ref" in ^?*) continue ;; esac
+
+ if git rev-parse --verify "$ref"^0 >/dev/null 2>&1
+ then
+ echo "$ref"
+ else
+ warn "WARNING: not rewriting '$ref' (not a committish)"
+ fi
+done >"$tempdir"/heads <"$tempdir"/raw-refs
test -s "$tempdir"/heads ||
die "You must specify a ref to rewrite."
diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
index 7cb6079..04f79f3 100755
--- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
@@ -470,4 +470,18 @@ test_expect_success 'tree-filter deals with object name vs pathname ambiguity' '
git show HEAD:$ambiguous
'
+test_expect_success 'rewrite repository including refs that point at non-commit object' '
+ test_when_finished "git reset --hard original" &&
+ tree=$(git rev-parse HEAD^{tree}) &&
+ test_when_finished "git replace -d $tree" &&
+ echo A >new &&
+ git add new &&
+ new_tree=$(git write-tree) &&
+ git replace $tree $new_tree &&
+ git tag -a -m "tag to a tree" treetag $new_tree &&
+ git reset --hard HEAD &&
+ git filter-branch -f -- --all >filter-output 2>&1 &&
+ ! fgrep fatal filter-output
+'
+
test_done
--
1.9.1
