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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt | 13 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | git-filter-branch.sh | 18 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/t7003-filter-branch.sh | 18 |
3 files changed, 43 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt index 2b40babb6b..394a77a35f 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt @@ -159,7 +159,18 @@ to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit. --subdirectory-filter <directory>:: Only look at the history which touches the given subdirectory. The result will contain that directory (and only that) as its - project root. + project root. Implies --remap-to-ancestor. + +--remap-to-ancestor:: + Rewrite refs to the nearest rewritten ancestor instead of + ignoring them. ++ +Normally, positive refs on the command line are only changed if the +commit they point to was rewritten. However, you can limit the extent +of this rewriting by using linkgit:rev-list[1] arguments, e.g., path +limiters. Refs pointing to such excluded commits would then normally +be ignored. With this option, they are instead rewritten to point at +the nearest ancestor that was not excluded. --prune-empty:: Some kind of filters will generate empty commits, that left the tree diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh index ed3db7d6e5..6b8b6a4f26 100755 --- a/git-filter-branch.sh +++ b/git-filter-branch.sh @@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ filter_subdir= orig_namespace=refs/original/ force= prune_empty= +remap_to_ancestor= while : do case "$1" in @@ -137,6 +138,11 @@ do force=t continue ;; + --remap-to-ancestor) + shift + remap_to_ancestor=t + continue + ;; --prune-empty) shift prune_empty=t @@ -182,6 +188,7 @@ do ;; --subdirectory-filter) filter_subdir="$OPTARG" + remap_to_ancestor=t ;; --original) orig_namespace=$(expr "$OPTARG/" : '\(.*[^/]\)/*$')/ @@ -354,12 +361,13 @@ while read commit parents; do die "could not write rewritten commit" done <../revs -# In case of a subdirectory filter, it is possible that a specified head -# is not in the set of rewritten commits, because it was pruned by the -# revision walker. Fix it by mapping these heads to the unique nearest -# ancestor that survived the pruning. +# If we are filtering for paths, as in the case of a subdirectory +# filter, it is possible that a specified head is not in the set of +# rewritten commits, because it was pruned by the revision walker. +# Ancestor remapping fixes this by mapping these heads to the unique +# nearest ancestor that survived the pruning. -if test "$filter_subdir" +if test "$remap_to_ancestor" = t then while read ref do diff --git a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh index 329c851685..9503875e97 100755 --- a/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh +++ b/t/t7003-filter-branch.sh @@ -288,4 +288,22 @@ test_expect_success 'Prune empty commits' ' test_cmp expect actual ' +test_expect_success '--remap-to-ancestor with filename filters' ' + git checkout master && + git reset --hard A && + test_commit add-foo foo 1 && + git branch moved-foo && + test_commit add-bar bar a && + git branch invariant && + orig_invariant=$(git rev-parse invariant) && + git branch moved-bar && + test_commit change-foo foo 2 && + git filter-branch -f --remap-to-ancestor \ + moved-foo moved-bar A..master \ + -- -- foo && + test $(git rev-parse moved-foo) = $(git rev-parse moved-bar) && + test $(git rev-parse moved-foo) = $(git rev-parse master^) && + test $orig_invariant = $(git rev-parse invariant) +' + test_done |