On Thursday, 18. December 2008 20:51:38 Whit Armstrong wrote: > Sorry, seem to be getting this error: > `/home/whit/dvl/risk.metrics.utils/RiskMetrics/.git-rewrite/t/../index.new' >: No such file or directory > > do I need to set up the index file first? Hmm, I guess you have an empty commit in your repository like I did. This is currently a corner case in update-index, which does not create empty index files. I posted a patch a few days ago and Junio posted an updated version of that. I could send you my version for git 1.6.0.5 if you need it. > Is there a good site that documents this procedure? A good start is the git-filter-branch man page and the mailinglist archive. Thomas -- 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