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 <actionmysti...@gmail.com> 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
