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-rw-r--r--[-rwxr-xr-x]git-filter-branch.sh8
-rwxr-xr-xt/t7003-filter-branch.sh8
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index bfd118cd3b..8fa5ce6467 100755..100644
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -178,6 +178,14 @@
#
# git-filter-branch ... new-H C..H --not D
# git-filter-branch ... new-H D..H --not C
+#
+# To move the whole tree into a subdirectory, or remove it from there:
+#
+# git-filter-branch --index-filter \
+# 'git-ls-files -s | sed "s-\t-&newsubdir/-" |
+# GIT_INDEX_FILE=$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \
+# git-update-index --index-info &&
+# mv $GIT_INDEX_FILE.new $GIT_INDEX_FILE' directorymoved
# Testsuite: TODO
diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
index 0fabe4904f..f00c262e45 100755
--- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh
@@ -99,4 +99,12 @@ test_expect_success 'subdirectory filter result looks okay' '
! git show sub:subdir
'
+test_expect_success 'use index-filter to move into a subdirectory' '
+ git-filter-branch --index-filter \
+ "git-ls-files -s | sed \"s-\\t-&newsubdir/-\" |
+ GIT_INDEX_FILE=\$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \
+ git-update-index --index-info &&
+ mv \$GIT_INDEX_FILE.new \$GIT_INDEX_FILE" directorymoved &&
+ test -z "$(git diff HEAD directorymoved:newsubdir)"'
+
test_done