Hi, On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > Signed-off-by: Jacob Helwig <jacob.helwig@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 5 +++++ > > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > > index 451950b..1fbbbb4 100644 > > --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > > +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > > @@ -212,6 +212,11 @@ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached filename' HEAD > > > > Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in HEAD. > > > > +As with using `rm filename`, `git rm --cached filename` will fail > > +if the file is absent from the tree of a commit. If it is not important > > +whether the file is already absent from the tree, you can use > > +`git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename` instead. > > + > > To rewrite the repository to look as if `foodir/` had been its project > > root, and discard all other history: > > > Looks sane to me. Objections? Definitely no objections from me. Ciao, Dscho -- 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
