Re: PATCH] Allow git-filter-branch to process large repositories with lots of branches.

Lee Carver [off-list ref] writes:

Here the arguments are reset.

So this is using a different argument list than before.

Andreas.

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Andreas -

So that's what the "eval set -- " does!

We actually got it to work with a temporary file Š I'll send that patch in
a minute.

Thanks
   Lee

On 9/7/13 1:29 PM, "Andreas Schwab" [off-list ref] wrote:

Lee Carver [off-list ref] writes:

quoted

diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index ac2a005..d7e0fae 100755
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh

@@ -255,8 +255,6 @@ else
 	remap_to_ancestor=t
 fi
 
-rev_args=$(git rev-parse --revs-only "$@")
-
 case "$filter_subdir" in
 "")
 	eval set -- "$(git rev-parse --sq --no-revs "$@")"

Here the arguments are reset.

quoted

@@ -267,8 +265,9 @@ case "$filter_subdir" in
 	;;
 esac
 
+git rev-parse --revs-only "$@" | \

So this is using a different argument list than before.

Andreas.

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