t4008: abstract away SHA-1-specific constants

diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 2587a01b9b4fa0344c695cb635e6eed26257e9f8..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."