From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7621F461 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:10:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726300AbfH1LKC (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:10:02 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:36331 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725991AbfH1LKC (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2019 07:10:02 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1566990591; bh=m2KyyEDtSxSERgrwK3hWRFBx3nKtu5THq0pYeVIqU6M=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=LQUwTRpMwc2xQmY5InsNWBre6AO+81JgdQ83mVEZRfzJY//fGd2VJh0IZ4e2pYPeM 4bmbChMLDGBpTvIaiC22xuPwU5shxvvFg4n13Q8kPoKDf6K0IRmAerJ0pHLUDYdTsl RL19R2l9QoWvHMcFsTnBAvidwSXzasroxpQKWOQs= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [192.168.0.213] ([37.201.192.51]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx001 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0MGS9o-1hyVyR0mtU-00DGdy; Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:09:51 +0200 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:09:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@gitforwindows.org To: Elijah Newren cc: Eric Wong , Junio C Hamano , Git Mailing List , =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=86var_Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0_Bjarmason?= , Lars Schneider , Jonathan Nieder Subject: Re: RFC: Proposing git-filter-repo for inclusion in git.git In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20190823030059.47ftwfne6y436e5j@dcvr> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:euJKMAFSWcskpncyk4ZqddLWMk++2o/BhONovx+Z0hsIlOmydHC EBoGbxv9QoCfmYicq3ZncaotPaBF4TeK4G5zeudQhOCx9We2hL6PE6djyw2uSxa3tsgneS9 FERLu2OQZv481cg3QLiy8zsHxd7EmKvbds6uE+76qMkxb8Oa4fYNLpYvnDUEAyiMhjYwI7L GS2EytIO0RsROGYz6F24Q== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:1o9Wh7sCko4=:nv5YDJqcgwdt2y60FCxgh/ c1aRoGSocU7MGHKWstAjzr32XGxkBxI21K+GSY2Xw47MEMMvvqSNNiqgCRYjaTX4o3uzowgbP D8+O6ZIi1UKnp6FIznHvnz2n1vvw8ZTnh5AoOswLPkuEVAEZ807H5mpym11OzA7dcnfayXR0i pwtoYRQk2bx+xnAhH3HX5bP8QrxvW1OrAcUNmjK9lCnMK/krv8E1cTgS2xuN+xq7N7nfJOO8f np29Qu2Z9Y1yWsSMXTygiNRcwxN9AQSJQHrq9wAbzJYS/XrAZz/Y5EmE3wJ36N6Y000jv+EFX i4L7Ic/nH6MOfhVrvHrYbp0h55uAzMkYW1tu/wg5duVHfKw+uAGuxmtgFiHGFB31oGqQZ1OqH TOpIYWkBwJp+dIs3wd3PqqKe/0/RShBl81n0fNK+Fid9n1ZGHmwRj3UQMNt6exVwMQ4iEgDgR WlhGMMdY++KskzF9z92MJDQ7wRDzLbYHPXYvCiG+MCP9sSzD/Y1MtWweFWMZqIrHsVedy5Rs+ ojaLxiLtS0xlT8rQ0vsbGgsFwSvOYnu0ryN8Saqwsa2ZrCvvnjjUSDrubkWlKSUN+InYTloAd wnfciLLGuJAfwnf5Yz/8FYeeV6euzAQvFgl6yDbqkKx4Td4enJSwEmIh3H16/pt+pQE1R1TFp IXUC5OaCuz4fdcrwCpdaIPI75X1O/Mdt5YBv6zVzvxyQEaz1xnKqzzzG7xBLCSMZ/MaUpaddK T8FilfOFAEVoT1jrabSnrMpigiycJ55ySlOPa1lV7jWgwG+zgXffpb8PIHLXLEkkLF4/uOtpG CcOtSV9EaoUYN+DirdNZoogoA90h71muUVjSix0FDun5iZJZZNHkmYIVvn+IBUmfYuzKoOpDU Ppz9RxbxsEx6+oEVXBXHS9KGHEfXzgImLoIrILiG23+Y1JVDqsLhv+L9ficaulRAzlkdOl1s7 ZdDl6NeMyq9AnexOMfFXXWCW4PaH1iVg4lKgXcReJhKt+ircFjslpqE1nHekHHApoMXo04Pv6 rCwbRyukmwYmC49jzs6cgDlfkqwaTMcyjvGaq8ucTwyLHt3Qk5a11N2zfKiozWux8d6bAGICn s342YiDHUg1LaMitduVszuU2uYun5bVtOHNcbf+srj/K8qja0WuP5HxtmgIchaNaiThn9vAqs 9DVT8= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Elijah, On Fri, 23 Aug 2019, Elijah Newren wrote: > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 8:01 PM Eric Wong wrote: > > > > Elijah Newren wrote: > > > * Remove git-filter-branch from git.git. Mention in the release > > > notes where people can go to get it.[1] > > > > > > filter-branch is not merely a slow or difficult-to-use tool, it's on= e > > > that *fosters* mistakes by making it hard to get things right in > > > several different ways. Granted, people exercise extra caution usin= g > > > filter-branch because they know they need to, but there are so many > > > gotchas that they're likely to accidentally mess something up. Thos= e > > > mess-ups are not always discovered immediately, and by then it's > > > nearly cast into stone (rewriting being something you want to do ver= y > > > rarely). > > > > Is it possible to turn git-filter-branch into a fast, compatible, > > and (maybe) safe wrapper for git-filter-repo? That would "fix" > > filter-branch and (if done carefully) not break existing uses. > > Ooh, what an interesting question. I can probably ramble on a LOT > longer than you expected about this... > > [...] FWIW if anybody cares about my opinion: I would be totally fine with integrating git-filter-repo into git.git, have it there for a major version or two, then patch `git filter-branch` to spew out a deprecation warning, and then remove that latter command a major version (or two) later. Ciao, Dscho