On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:36:26PM +0200, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> It is a (maybe ill-conceived) feature. When branches are rewritten, their
> original versions are stored in the refs/original/ namespace. You can
> force overwriting with "-f".
>
> I wonder if people would like to have this feature removed; reflogs should
> be enough.
>
> Thoughts?
I have always been annoyed by the refs/original namespace, and it
certainly makes explaining the common task of "how do I get this blob
out of my repo" a bit more confusing.
So I would be happy to see it go, and the reflog mentioned in its place:
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
index fed6de6..1e8e7b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ rewriting published history.)
Always verify that the rewritten version is correct: The original refs,
-if different from the rewritten ones, will be stored in the namespace
-'refs/original/'.
+if different from the rewritten ones, will be available through the
+reflog as <branch>@{1}.
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