Note that since this operation is very I/O expensive, it might
be a good idea to redirect the temporary directory off-disk with the
-'-d' option, e.g. on tmpfs. Reportedly the speedup is very noticeable.
+`-d` option, e.g. on tmpfs. Reportedly the speedup is very noticeable.
Filters
The filters are applied in the order as listed below. The <command>
argument is always evaluated in the shell context using the 'eval' command
(with the notable exception of the commit filter, for technical reasons).
-Prior to that, the $GIT_COMMIT environment variable will be set to contain
+Prior to that, the `$GIT_COMMIT` environment variable will be set to contain
the id of the commit being rewritten. Also, GIT_AUTHOR_NAME,
GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL, GIT_AUTHOR_DATE, GIT_COMMITTER_NAME, GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL,
and GIT_COMMITTER_DATE are taken from the current commit and exported to
untouched. This switch allow git-filter-branch to ignore such
commits. Though, this switch only applies for commits that have one
and only one parent, it will hence keep merges points. Also, this
- option is not compatible with the use of '--commit-filter'. Though you
+ option is not compatible with the use of `--commit-filter`. Though you
just need to use the function 'git_commit_non_empty_tree "$@"' instead
of the `git commit-tree "$@"` idiom in your commit filter to make that
happen.
<rev-list options>...::
Arguments for 'git rev-list'. All positive refs included by
these options are rewritten. You may also specify options
- such as '--all', but you must use '--' to separate them from
+ such as `--all`, but you must use `--` to separate them from
the 'git filter-branch' options. Implies <<Remap_to_ancestor>>.