All, Running git-filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf subdir/' -- --all as shown below seems to leave empty commits corresponding to subdir/ in the tree. Is this the expected behavior? If so is there a command to remove the empty commits? Using git-rebase -i to edit the commit history works, but is a bit tedious on a large tree. Many thanks! Cheers, David ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** mkdir test-filter-branch cd test-filter-branch echo 'base1' > base.txt mkdir subdir echo 'sub1' > subdir/sub.txt git-init git-add . git-commit -a -m "Commit 1" echo 'base2' >> base.txt git-commit -a -m "Commit 2" echo 'sub3' > subdir/sub.txt git-commit -a -m "Commit 3" echo 'base4' >> base.txt echo 'sub4' > subdir/sub.txt git-commit -a -m "Commit 4" git-filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf subdir/' -- --all gitk & -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html