Hi, Roberto Tyley wrote:
> The BFG is a tool specifically designed for the task of removing > unwanted data from Git repository history - a common use-case for which > git-filter-branch has been the traditional workhorse. > > It's beneficial to let users know that filter-branch has an alternative > here: That sounds like a good suggestion for the SEE ALSO section, or an explanation of when each tool should be used would be a good thing to put in NOTES, but... [...] > --- a/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-filter-branch.txt > @@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ SYNOPSIS > > DESCRIPTION > ----------- > + > +NOTE: For simply removing unwanted data from repository history, you may > +want to use link:http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/[The BFG > Repo-Cleaner] > +instead - it's generally faster and simpler for eliminating large files > +or private data. ... this shouting NOTE at the top of the description is way over the top. So as is, this patch looks like a net negative. Thanks and hope that helps, Jonathan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
