Re: git filter-branch re-write history over a range of commits did notwork

[Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>]

Hi Chuck,

On 27/05/2019 19:21, Johannes Sixt wrote:
> Am 27.05.19 um 10:01 schrieb LU Chuck:
>> Hi team,
>>
>>      The issue comes from https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/2206.
>>
>>      I want to re-write history by filter-branch command over a range of commits, but the command did not work.
>>      I have referred to the following three documentation about how to use git filter-branch:
>>      https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15250070/running-filter-branch-over-a-range-of-commits
>>      https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28536980/git-change-commit-date-to-author-date
>>      https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch
>>
>>      You can reproduce the problem by the following steps
>>      1. clone the repository https://github.com/chucklu/LeetCode/
>>      2. checkout to the temp branch
>>      3. run the command git filter-branch --env-filter 'export GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="$GIT_AUTHOR_DATE"' ... 67d9d9..f70bf4
> Did you not tell us everything because you write ... in this message
> when you cited the command you used, or do you say that you used ...
> literally in the command?

The three dots is provided in the literal EXAMPLES section of the man 
page. That is probably an error, as I think it is meant to be an 
ellipsis to indicate 'insert other options here'.

Simply remove the three dots ('symmetric diff notation') .

Not sure what the correct change to the man page should be, but clearly 
it has caused confusion. It also takes a moment to properly realise 
which commits the two dot notation will refer to in the example which 
may further compound the confusion about the three dots.

Philip
>
>>      4. You will got the info "Found nothing to rewrite"
>>   
>>      However, it was supposed to overwrite the history from commit 9c1580 to commit f70bf4, make the commit date same as date.
>>      I am not sure if I am using the filter-branch correctly, or if there is a bug in git?
>>
>>      Anyone can help me? Thanks in advance.
> -- Hannes