Hi,
On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Mike Hommey wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 10:19:20AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > > In the description in the manpage:
> > > Lets you rewrite git revision history by creating a new branch from
> > > your current branch, applying custom filters on each revision.
> > > (...)
> > > The command takes the new branch name as a mandatory argument and the
> > > filters as optional arguments
> > >
> > > And in example:
> > > Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in the branch newbranch
> > > (your current branch is left untouched).
> > >
> > > I must say this is a feature that would actually be nice to have...
> >
> > To compare with the old one? Use reflogs:
> >
> > git filter-branch --some-option master
> > git diff master@{1}..master
>
> To have, for example, a branch tracking an upstream (svn or whatever)
> repository and have a branch based on it, only differing in the fact that
> some directories get removed.
You can always achieve the same effect by
$ git branch new-branch master
$ git filter-branch <options> master
Anyway, I'm off for a few days.
Ciao,
Dscho
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