git-annex-forget - prune git-annex branch history
git annex forget
Causes the git-annex branch to be rewritten, throwing away historical data about
past locations of files. The resulting branch will use less space, but
git
annex log will not be able to show where files used to be located.
When this rewritten branch is merged into other clones of the repository,
git-annex will automatically perform the same rewriting to their local
git-annex branches. So the forgetfulness will automatically propagate
out from its starting point until all repositories running git-annex have
forgotten their old history. (You may need to force git to push the branch to
any git repositories not running git-annex.)
- --drop-dead
- Also prune references to repositories that have been marked
as dead.
- Also the git-annex-common-options(1) can be used.
git-annex(1)
git-annex-dead(1)
git-annex-filter-branch(1)
Joey Hess <
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