From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_SPAM, RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 316EB20756 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2017 08:33:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750765AbdASIdJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2017 03:33:09 -0500 Received: from mail-qt0-f171.google.com ([209.85.216.171]:35409 "EHLO mail-qt0-f171.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750888AbdASIdI (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jan 2017 03:33:08 -0500 Received: by mail-qt0-f171.google.com with SMTP id x49so55697242qtc.2 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:32:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=MvfqOuuVR7GbKVF4mQJkMlZuWk1Y2dhL5WJ405NSGY4=; b=EYPAXawLibRU4m08lmQ3tNEqHPGud0vM/VGXMDwr1cozqUo6dPM+2wM+6Z81i/3q3d oycwaZrxI5Lq11BYS2lkz3jd3P6e4g9mMWUV7/ITLWgMpkOpwu5dl7DVUPeYr5Aq5mvA b3Pqz/O2rFuy2UjOdrypM3aZCvtwkABQbzk8ux8Pm5MZlr0Q5aeSafYPVBOpjMkOufyW 6Zhue3R5a8eF5iE2bMs0G7PiR8E4eTWU/aGM7Bhc0O0MpUKc4l3G5VQKr9zPc9vQg0fL YJNG3OyVNorouFqVHYNv7/MaVvg2rf1kmY/4gAdPF5LR6fmMGSIbUQNi74KYPXI7N2xy zVGA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=MvfqOuuVR7GbKVF4mQJkMlZuWk1Y2dhL5WJ405NSGY4=; b=cx7qZ7KhAqgO9aEkn0E8FvbCkupnP9w63cuqo5GMWiHtvK/Rj7KFXuJ2KOsJ/b77g1 BxggtFvMvkaBkiMNZlnT2WHbcyJEXhwSHyjXZHYewzTVBIqF+ZHy91TOikso7VKkTUwd ZM5GCJGUTCN+lirD1W5g9fZ5SaxEgU9kghXGN+3DBGLkLmUoRKhOnykXloRIE1sdiVAR Eozhk9OszkE9vfAIrKIgx3d2ZpH5fmAmmqtxPsVCtJ5VQIY8RJz7Qmw1DkG7r/V45Ecc RFV4p9z/zOiO7dt9/D8XOvjUi9CYUohtt9jXwZbe+dv1OfMZHPjiqpdr+bpKQsHwOd+q kpyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AIkVDXL3ah7WAOMWYXjEGbL4n4k2TdspwyqdfzxoPmzDuTWtMVweMRcgJNeBvSUTAcgl2KWieKixAMdNbTr3lQ== X-Received: by 10.200.1.11 with SMTP id e11mr6319684qtg.85.1484814751515; Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:32:31 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.12.142.66 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Jan 2017 00:32:11 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: From: jean-christophe manciot Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2017 09:32:11 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: fatal: bad revision 'git rm -r --ignore-unmatch -- folder' To: git@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org In case you were wondering whether these files were tracked or not: git-Games# git ls-files Ubuntu/16.04 Ubuntu/16.04/residualvm_0.3.0~git-1_amd64.deb Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm-data_1.8.0_all.deb Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm-data_1.9.0_all.deb Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm-dbgsym_1.8.2~git20160821.bad86050_amd64.deb Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm-dbgsym_1.9.0_amd64.deb Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm_1.8.0_amd64.deb Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm_1.9.0_amd64.deb On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:30 PM, jean-christophe manciot wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to purge a complete folder and its files from the > repository history with: > > git-Games# git filter-branch 'git rm -r --ignore-unmatch -- > Ubuntu/16.04/' --tag-name-filter cat -- --all HEAD > fatal: bad revision 'git rm -r --ignore-unmatch -- Ubuntu/16.04/' > > git does not find the folder although it's there: > > git-Games# ll Ubuntu/16.04/ > total 150316 > drwxr-x--- 2 actionmystique actionmystique 4096 Nov 19 13:40 ./ > drwxr-x--- 4 actionmystique actionmystique 4096 Oct 30 14:02 ../ > -rwxr-x--- 1 actionmystique actionmystique 2190394 May 9 2016 > residualvm_0.3.0~git-1_amd64.deb* > ... > -rw-r--r-- 1 actionmystique actionmystique 67382492 Oct 13 09:15 > scummvm-dbgsym_1.9.0_amd64.deb > > What is going on? > > -- > Jean-Christophe -- Jean-Christophe