From: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
Cc: "Git Mailing List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>, "Eric Wong" <e@80x24.org>,
"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>,
"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Johannes Schindelin" <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
"Lars Schneider" <larsxschneider@gmail.com>,
"Jonathan Nieder" <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 4/5] Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch in documentation
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 23:23:46 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CABPp-BEBVNERNBApmWTaR03qS2cHPwQ=yRe6aSesOFUsX-2qFA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e7df2ce3-f772-54b5-4e81-70510a897352@gmail.com>
On Mon, Aug 26, 2019 at 6:33 PM Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 8/26/2019 7:52 PM, Elijah Newren wrote:
> > +WARNING
> > +-------
> > +'git filter-branch' has a litany of gotchas that can and will cause
> > +history to be rewritten incorrectly (in addition to abysmal
> > +performance). These issues cannot be backward compatibly fixed and as
> > +such, its use is not recommended. Please use an alternative history
> > +filtering tool such as 'git filter-repo'. If you still need to use
> > +'git filter-branch', please carefully read the "Safety" section of
> > +https://public-inbox.org/git/CABPp-BEDOH-row-hxY4u_cP30ptqOpcCvPibwyZ2wBu142qUbA@mail.gmail.com/
>
> Is it possible to present this URL as a hyperlink with a succinct
> description? Maybe 'carefully read [the "Safety" section of this
> message on the Git mailing list](url).' (I'm using Markdown notation
> here as I don't know the equivalent for our docs.)
Looks like the syntax is
URL[description]
e.g.
https://public-inbox.org/git/CABPp-BEDOH-etc-etc-etc@mail.gmail.com[the
"Safety" section of yadda yadda]
I'll fix that up.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-27 6:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-22 18:26 RFC: Proposing git-filter-repo for inclusion in git.git Elijah Newren
2019-08-22 20:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-22 21:12 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-22 21:34 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-26 23:52 ` [RFC PATCH 0/5] Remove git-filter-branch from git.git; host it elsewhere Elijah Newren
2019-08-26 23:52 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] t6006: simplify and optimize empty message test Elijah Newren
2019-08-27 1:23 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-26 23:52 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-import Elijah Newren
2019-08-27 1:25 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-26 23:52 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] git-sh-i18n: work with external scripts Elijah Newren
2019-08-27 1:28 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-26 23:52 ` [RFC PATCH 4/5] Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch in documentation Elijah Newren
2019-08-27 1:32 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-27 6:23 ` Elijah Newren [this message]
2019-08-26 23:52 ` [RFC PATCH 5/5] Remove git-filter-branch, it is now external to git.git Elijah Newren
2019-08-27 1:39 ` [RFC PATCH 0/5] Remove git-filter-branch from git.git; host it elsewhere Derrick Stolee
2019-08-27 6:17 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-27 7:03 ` Eric Wong
2019-08-27 8:43 ` Sergey Organov
2019-08-27 22:18 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 8:52 ` Sergey Organov
2019-08-28 17:16 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 19:03 ` Sergey Organov
2019-08-30 20:40 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-30 23:22 ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-02 9:29 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-09-03 17:37 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 0:22 ` [PATCH v2 0/4] Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid it Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 0:22 ` [PATCH v2 1/4] t6006: simplify and optimize empty message test Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 0:22 ` [PATCH v2 2/4] t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-import Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 6:00 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-28 0:22 ` [PATCH v2 3/4] Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 6:17 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-28 21:48 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 0:22 ` [RFC PATCH v2 4/4] Remove git-filter-branch, it is now external to git.git Elijah Newren
2019-08-29 0:06 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid it Elijah Newren
2019-08-29 0:06 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] t6006: simplify and optimize empty message test Elijah Newren
2019-08-29 0:06 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-import Elijah Newren
2019-08-29 0:06 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch Elijah Newren
2019-08-29 18:10 ` Eric Sunshine
2019-08-30 0:04 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-29 0:06 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testing Elijah Newren
2019-08-30 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid it Elijah Newren
2019-08-30 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] t6006: simplify and optimize empty message test Elijah Newren
2019-09-02 14:47 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-30 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-import Elijah Newren
2019-09-02 14:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-30 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch Elijah Newren
2019-08-30 5:57 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testing Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 0/4] Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid it Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 1/4] t6006: simplify and optimize empty message test Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 21:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-03 21:58 ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 22:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-03 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 2/4] t3427: accelerate this test by using fast-export and fast-import Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 21:26 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-03 22:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-04 20:32 ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 3/4] Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 21:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-04 20:30 ` Elijah Newren
2019-09-03 18:55 ` [PATCH v5 4/4] t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testing Elijah Newren
2019-09-04 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 0/3] Warn about git-filter-branch usage and avoid it Elijah Newren
2019-09-04 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] t6006: simplify, fix, and optimize empty message test Elijah Newren
2019-09-04 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] Recommend git-filter-repo instead of git-filter-branch Elijah Newren
2019-09-04 22:32 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] t9902: use a non-deprecated command for testing Elijah Newren
2019-08-23 3:00 ` RFC: Proposing git-filter-repo for inclusion in git.git Eric Wong
2019-08-23 18:06 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-23 18:29 ` Elijah Newren
2019-08-28 11:09 ` Johannes Schindelin
2019-08-28 15:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-08-23 12:02 ` Derrick Stolee
2019-08-26 19:56 ` Jeff King
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