heinrichti/gitrw

Rewrite git history. Fast.

Command-Line Help for gitrw

This document contains the help content for the gitrw command-line program.

Command Overview:

• gitrw↴
• gitrw contributor↴
• gitrw contributor list↴
• gitrw contributor rewrite↴
• gitrw remove↴
• gitrw prune-empty↴

gitrw

CLI tool for reading and rewriting history information of a git repository

Usage: gitrw [OPTIONS] [REPOSITORY] <COMMAND>

Subcommands:

• contributor — Contributor related actions like list and rewrite
• remove — Remove files and whole directories from the repository
• prune-empty — Remove empty commits that are no merge commits

Arguments:

• <REPOSITORY> — Path to the mirrored/bare repository (do not use on a repository with a working copy)

Options:

• -d, --dry-run — Do not change the repository

  Possible values: true, false

gitrw contributor

Contributor related actions like list and rewrite

Usage: gitrw contributor <COMMAND>

Subcommands:

• list — Lists all authors and committers
• rewrite — Allows to rewrite contributors

gitrw contributor list

Lists all authors and committers

Usage: gitrw contributor list

gitrw contributor rewrite

Allows to rewrite contributors

Usage: gitrw contributor rewrite <MAPPING_FILE>

Arguments:

• <MAPPING_FILE> — Format inside file: Old User old@user.mail = New User new@user.mail

gitrw remove

Remove files and whole directories from the repository

Usage: gitrw remove <--file <FILE>|--directory <DIRECTORY>>

Options:

• -f, --file <FILE> — File to remove. Argument can be specified multiple times
• -d, --directory <DIRECTORY> — Directory to remove. Argument can be specified multiple times

gitrw prune-empty

Remove empty commits that are no merge commits

Usage: gitrw prune-empty