t4030: abstract away SHA-1-specific constants

diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 98c76ec589b053c112ddc86b6821f2acf17b7ab0..64f21547c1ab99ef3ad98d57fe0fbadff9621838 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
@@ -251,8 +251,18 @@ done < "$tempdir"/backup-refs
 
 # The refs should be updated if their heads were rewritten
 git rev-parse --no-flags --revs-only --symbolic-full-name \
-       --default HEAD "$@" > "$tempdir"/raw-heads || exit
-sed -e '/^^/d' "$tempdir"/raw-heads >"$tempdir"/heads
+       --default HEAD "$@" > "$tempdir"/raw-refs || exit
+while read ref
+do
+       case "$ref" in ^?*) continue ;; esac
+
+       if git rev-parse --verify "$ref"^0 >/dev/null 2>&1
+       then
+               echo "$ref"
+       else
+               warn "WARNING: not rewriting '$ref' (not a committish)"
+       fi
+done >"$tempdir"/heads <"$tempdir"/raw-refs
 
 test -s "$tempdir"/heads ||
        die "You must specify a ref to rewrite."
@@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ git rev-list --reverse --topo-order --default HEAD \
        die "Could not get the commits"
 commits=$(wc -l <../revs | tr -d " ")
 
-test $commits -eq 0 && die "Found nothing to rewrite"
+test $commits -eq 0 && die_with_status 2 "Found nothing to rewrite"
 
 # Rewrite the commits
 report_progress ()