This moves the documentation in git-filter-branch.sh to its own
man page, with a few touch ups (incorporating comments by Frank
Lichtenheld).

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Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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git-fast-import ancillarymanipulators
git-fetch mainporcelain
git-fetch-pack synchingrepositories
git-filter-branch ancillarymanipulators
git-fmt-merge-msg purehelpers
git-for-each-ref plumbinginterrogators
git-format-patch mainporcelain

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git-filter-branch(1)
====================
NAME
----
git-filter-branch - Rewrite branches
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
'git-filter-branch' [--env-filter <command>] [--tree-filter <command>]
[--index-filter <command>] [--parent-filter <command>]
[--msg-filter <command>] [--commit-filter <command>]
[--tag-name-filter <command>] [--subdirectory-filter <directory>]
[-d <directory>] <new-branch-name> [<rev-list options>...]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
Lets you rewrite git revision history by creating a new branch from
your current branch, applying custom filters on each revision.
Those filters can modify each tree (e.g. removing a file or running
a perl rewrite on all files) or information about each commit.
Otherwise, all information (including original commit times or merge
information) will be preserved.
The command takes the new branch name as a mandatory argument and
the filters as optional arguments. If you specify no filters, the
commits will be recommitted without any changes, which would normally
have no effect and result in the new branch pointing to the same
branch as your current branch. Nevertheless, this may be useful in
the future for compensating for some git bugs or such, therefore
such a usage is permitted.
WARNING! The rewritten history will have different object names for all
the objects and will not converge with the original branch. You will not
be able to easily push and distribute the rewritten branch on top of the
original branch. Please do not use this command if you do not know the
full implications, and avoid using it anyway, if a simple single commit
would suffice to fix your problem.
Always verify that the rewritten version is correct before disposing
the original branch.
Note that since this operation is extensively I/O expensive, it might
be a good idea to redirect the temporary directory off-disk, e.g. on
tmpfs. Reportedly the speedup is very noticeable.
Filters
~~~~~~~
The filters are applied in the order as listed below. The <command>
argument is always evaluated in shell using the 'eval' command.
Prior to that, the $GIT_COMMIT environment variable will be set to contain
the id of the commit being rewritten. Also, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME,
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL,
and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE is set according to the current commit.
A 'map' function is available that takes an "original sha1 id" argument
and outputs a "rewritten sha1 id" if the commit has been already
rewritten, fails otherwise; the 'map' function can return several
ids on separate lines if your commit filter emitted multiple commits.
OPTIONS
-------
--env-filter <command>::
This is the filter for modifying the environment in which
the commit will be performed. Specifically, you might want
to rewrite the author/committer name/email/time environment
variables (see gitlink:git-commit[1] for details). Do not forget
to re-export the variables.
--tree-filter <command>::
This is the filter for rewriting the tree and its contents.
The argument is evaluated in shell with the working
directory set to the root of the checked out tree. The new tree
is then used as-is (new files are auto-added, disappeared files
are auto-removed - neither .gitignore files nor any other ignore
rules HAVE ANY EFFECT!).
--index-filter <command>::
This is the filter for rewriting the index. It is similar to the
tree filter but does not check out the tree, which makes it much
faster. For hairy cases, see gitlink:git-update-index[1].
--parent-filter <command>::
This is the filter for rewriting the commit's parent list.
It will receive the parent string on stdin and shall output
the new parent string on stdout. The parent string is in
a format accepted by gitlink:git-commit-tree[1]: empty for
the initial commit, "-p parent" for a normal commit and
"-p parent1 -p parent2 -p parent3 ..." for a merge commit.
--msg-filter <command>::
This is the filter for rewriting the commit messages.
The argument is evaluated in the shell with the original
commit message on standard input; its standard output is
used as the new commit message.
--commit-filter <command>::
This is the filter for performing the commit.
If this filter is specified, it will be called instead of the
gitlink:git-commit-tree[1] command, with arguments of the form
"<TREE_ID> [-p <PARENT_COMMIT_ID>]..." and the log message on
stdin. The commit id is expected on stdout.
+
As a special extension, the commit filter may emit multiple
commit ids; in that case, ancestors of the original commit will
have all of them as parents.
--tag-name-filter <command>::
This is the filter for rewriting tag names. When passed,
it will be called for every tag ref that points to a rewritten
object (or to a tag object which points to a rewritten object).
The original tag name is passed via standard input, and the new
tag name is expected on standard output.
+
The original tags are not deleted, but can be overwritten;
use "--tag-name-filter=cat" to simply update the tags. In this
case, be very careful and make sure you have the old tags
backed up in case the conversion has run afoul.
+
Note that there is currently no support for proper rewriting of
tag objects; in layman terms, if the tag has a message or signature
attached, the rewritten tag won't have it. Sorry. (It is by
definition impossible to preserve signatures at any rate.)
--subdirectory-filter <directory>::
Only ever look at the history, which touches the given subdirectory.
The result will contain that directory as its project root.
-d <directory>::
Use this option to set the path to the temporary directory used for
rewriting. When applying a tree filter, the command needs to
temporary checkout the tree to some directory, which may consume
considerable space in case of large projects. By default it
does this in the '.git-rewrite/' directory but you can override
that choice by this parameter.
<rev-list-options>::
When options are given after the new branch name, they will
be passed to gitlink:git-rev-list[1]. Only commits in the resulting
output will be filtered, although the filtered commits can still
reference parents which are outside of that set.
Examples
--------
Suppose you want to remove a file (containing confidential information
or copyright violation) from all commits:
-------------------------------------------------------
git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm filename' newbranch
-------------------------------------------------------
A significantly faster version:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
git filter-branch --index-filter 'git update-index --remove filename' newbranch
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in the branch 'newbranch'
(your current branch is left untouched).
To "etch-graft" a commit to the revision history (set a commit to be
the parent of the current initial commit and propagate that):
----------------------------------------------------------------------
git filter-branch --parent-filter sed\ 's/^$/-p <graft-id>/' newbranch
----------------------------------------------------------------------
(if the parent string is empty - therefore we are dealing with the
initial commit - add graftcommit as a parent). Note that this assumes
history with a single root (that is, no merge without common ancestors
happened). If this is not the case, use:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
git filter-branch --parent-filter \
'cat; test $GIT_COMMIT = <commit-id> && echo "-p <graft-id>"' newbranch
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To remove commits authored by "Darl McBribe" from the history:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
git filter-branch --commit-filter '
if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "Darl McBribe" ];
then
shift;
while [ -n "$1" ];
do
shift;
echo "$1";
shift;
done;
else
git commit-tree "$@";
fi' newbranch
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The shift magic first throws away the tree id and then the -p
parameters. Note that this handles merges properly! In case Darl
committed a merge between P1 and P2, it will be propagated properly
and all children of the merge will become merge commits with P1,P2
as their parents instead of the merge commit.
To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision
range in addition to the new branch name. The new branch name will
point to the top-most revision that a 'git rev-list' of this range
will print.
Note that the changes introduced by the commits, and not reverted by
subsequent commits, will still be in the rewritten branch. If you want
to throw out _changes_ together with the commits, you should use the
interactive mode of gitlink:git-rebase[1].
Consider this history:
------------------
D--E--F--G--H
/ /
A--B-----C
------------------
To rewrite only commits D,E,F,G,H, but leave A, B and C alone, use:
--------------------------------
git filter-branch ... new-H C..H
--------------------------------
To rewrite commits E,F,G,H, use one of these:
----------------------------------------
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
---------------------------------------------------------------
Author
------
Written by Petr "Pasky" Baudis <pasky@suse.cz>,
and the git list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Documentation
--------------
Documentation by Petr Baudis and the git list.
GIT
---
Part of the gitlink:git[7] suite

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# Copyright (c) Petr Baudis, 2006
# Minimal changes to "port" it to core-git (c) Johannes Schindelin, 2007
#
# Lets you rewrite GIT revision history by creating a new branch from
# your current branch by applying custom filters on each revision.
# Those filters can modify each tree (e.g. removing a file or running
# a perl rewrite on all files) or information about each commit.
# Otherwise, all information (including original commit times or merge
# information) will be preserved.
#
# The command takes the new branch name as a mandatory argument and
# the filters as optional arguments. If you specify no filters, the
# commits will be recommitted without any changes, which would normally
# have no effect and result with the new branch pointing to the same
# branch as your current branch. (Nevertheless, this may be useful in
# the future for compensating for some Git bugs or such, therefore
# such a usage is permitted.)
#
# WARNING! The rewritten history will have different ids for all the
# objects and will not converge with the original branch. You will not
# be able to easily push and distribute the rewritten branch. Please do
# not use this command if you do not know the full implications, and
# avoid using it anyway - do not do what a simple single commit on top
# of the current version would fix.
#
# Always verify that the rewritten version is correct before disposing
# the original branch.
#
# Note that since this operation is extensively I/O expensive, it might
# be a good idea to do it off-disk, e.g. on tmpfs. Reportedly the speedup
# is very noticeable.
#
# OPTIONS
# -------
# -d TEMPDIR:: The path to the temporary tree used for rewriting
# When applying a tree filter, the command needs to temporary
# checkout the tree to some directory, which may consume
# considerable space in case of large projects. By default it
# does this in the '.git-rewrite/' directory but you can override
# that choice by this parameter.
#
# Filters
# ~~~~~~~
# The filters are applied in the order as listed below. The COMMAND
# argument is always evaluated in shell using the 'eval' command.
# The $GIT_COMMIT environment variable is permanently set to contain
# the id of the commit being rewritten. The author/committer environment
# variables are set before the first filter is run.
#
# A 'map' function is available that takes an "original sha1 id" argument
# and outputs a "rewritten sha1 id" if the commit has been already
# rewritten, fails otherwise; the 'map' function can return several
# ids on separate lines if your commit filter emitted multiple commits
# (see below).
#
# --env-filter COMMAND:: The filter for modifying environment
# This is the filter for modifying the environment in which
# the commit will be performed. Specifically, you might want
# to rewrite the author/committer name/email/time environment
# variables (see `git-commit` for details). Do not forget to
# re-export the variables.
#
# --tree-filter COMMAND:: The filter for rewriting tree (and its contents)
# This is the filter for rewriting the tree and its contents.
# The COMMAND argument is evaluated in shell with the working
# directory set to the root of the checked out tree. The new tree
# is then used as-is (new files are auto-added, disappeared files
# are auto-removed - .gitignore files nor any other ignore rules
# HAVE NO EFFECT!).
#
# --index-filter COMMAND:: The filter for rewriting index
# This is the filter for rewriting the Git's directory index.
# It is similar to the tree filter but does not check out the
# tree, which makes it much faster. However, you must use the
# lowlevel Git index manipulation commands to do your work.
#
# --parent-filter COMMAND:: The filter for rewriting parents
# This is the filter for rewriting the commit's parent list.
# It will receive the parent string on stdin and shall output
# the new parent string on stdout. The parent string is in
# format accepted by `git commit-tree`: empty for initial
# commit, "-p parent" for a normal commit and "-p parent1
# -p parent2 -p parent3 ..." for a merge commit.
#
# --msg-filter COMMAND:: The filter for rewriting commit message
# This is the filter for rewriting the commit messages.
# The COMMAND argument is evaluated in shell with the original
# commit message on standard input; its standard output is
# is used as the new commit message.
#
# --commit-filter COMMAND:: The filter for performing the commit
# If this filter is passed, it will be called instead of the
# `git commit-tree` command, with those arguments:
#
# TREE_ID [-p PARENT_COMMIT_ID]...
#
# and the log message on stdin. The commit id is expected on
# stdout. As a special extension, the commit filter may emit
# multiple commit ids; in that case, all of them will be used
# as parents instead of the original commit in further commits.
#
# --tag-name-filter COMMAND:: The filter for rewriting tag names.
# If this filter is passed, it will be called for every tag ref
# that points to a rewritten object (or to a tag object which
# points to a rewritten object). The original tag name is passed
# via standard input, and the new tag name is expected on standard
# output.
#
# The original tags are not deleted, but can be overwritten;
# use "--tag-name-filter=cat" to simply update the tags. In this
# case, be very careful and make sure you have the old tags
# backed up in case the conversion has run afoul.
#
# Note that there is currently no support for proper rewriting of
# tag objects; in layman terms, if the tag has a message or signature
# attached, the rewritten tag won't have it. Sorry. (It is by
# definition impossible to preserve signatures at any rate, though.)
#
# --subdirectory-filter DIRECTORY:: Only regard the history, as seen by
# the given subdirectory. The result will contain that directory as
# its project root.
#
# EXAMPLE USAGE
# -------------
# Suppose you want to remove a file (containing confidential information
# or copyright violation) from all commits:
#
# git-filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm filename' newbranch
#
# A significantly faster version:
#
# git-filter-branch --index-filter 'git update-index --remove filename' newbranch
#
# Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in the branch 'newbranch'
# (your current branch is left untouched).
#
# To "etch-graft" a commit to the revision history (set a commit to be
# the parent of the current initial commit and propagate that):
#
# git-filter-branch --parent-filter sed\ 's/^$/-p graftcommitid/' newbranch
#
# (if the parent string is empty - therefore we are dealing with the
# initial commit - add graftcommit as a parent). Note that this assumes
# history with a single root (that is, no git-merge without common ancestors
# happened). If this is not the case, use:
#
# git-filter-branch --parent-filter 'cat; [ "$GIT_COMMIT" = "COMMIT" ] && echo "-p GRAFTCOMMIT"' newbranch
#
# To remove commits authored by "Darl McBribe" from the history:
#
# git-filter-branch --commit-filter 'if [ "$GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "Darl McBribe" ]; then shift; while [ -n "$1" ]; do shift; echo "$1"; shift; done; else git commit-tree "$@"; fi' newbranch
#
# (the shift magic first throws away the tree id and then the -p
# parameters). Note that this handles merges properly! In case Darl
# committed a merge between P1 and P2, it will be propagated properly
# and all children of the merge will become merge commits with P1,P2
# as their parents instead of the merge commit.
#
# To restrict rewriting to only part of the history, specify a revision
# range in addition to the new branch name. The new branch name will
# point to the top-most revision that a 'git rev-list' of this range
# will print.
#
# Consider this history:
#
# D--E--F--G--H
# / /
# A--B-----C
#
# To rewrite commits D,E,F,G,H, use:
#
# git-filter-branch ... new-H C..H
#
# To rewrite commits E,F,G,H, use one of these:
#
# 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
# Lets you rewrite the revision history of the current branch, creating
# a new branch. You can specify a number of filters to modify the commits,
# files and trees.
set -e