# "author" or "committer
set_ident () {
- lid="$(echo "$1" | tr "A-Z" "a-z")"
- uid="$(echo "$1" | tr "a-z" "A-Z")"
+ lid="$(echo "$1" | tr "[A-Z]" "[a-z]")"
+ uid="$(echo "$1" | tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]")"
pick_id_script='
/^'$lid' /{
s/'\''/'\''\\'\'\''/g
git read-tree -i -m $commit
;;
*)
- git read-tree -i -m $commit:"$filter_subdir"
+ # The commit may not have the subdirectory at all
+ err=$(git read-tree -i -m $commit:"$filter_subdir" 2>&1) || {
+ if ! git rev-parse --verify $commit:"$filter_subdir" 2>/dev/null
+ then
+ rm -f "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"
+ else
+ echo >&2 "$err"
+ false
+ fi
+ }
esac || die "Could not initialize the index"
GIT_COMMIT=$commit