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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 |