On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 6:33 PM Derrick Stolee <stolee@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 8/26/2019 7:52 PM, Elijah Newren wrote: > > +WARNING > > +------- > > +'git filter-branch' has a litany of gotchas that can and will cause > > +history to be rewritten incorrectly (in addition to abysmal > > +performance). These issues cannot be backward compatibly fixed and as > > +such, its use is not recommended. Please use an alternative history > > +filtering tool such as 'git filter-repo'. If you still need to use > > +'git filter-branch', please carefully read the "Safety" section of > > +https://public-inbox.org/git/CABPp-BEDOH-row-hxY4u_cP30ptqOpcCvPibwyZ2wBu142qUbA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > Is it possible to present this URL as a hyperlink with a succinct > description? Maybe 'carefully read [the "Safety" section of this > message on the Git mailing list](url).' (I'm using Markdown notation > here as I don't know the equivalent for our docs.) Looks like the syntax is URL[description] e.g. https://public-inbox.org/git/CABPp-BEDOH-etc-etc-etc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx[the "Safety" section of yadda yadda] I'll fix that up.
