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diff --git a/doc/forum/migrate_existing_git_repository_to_git-annex.mdwn b/doc/forum/migrate_existing_git_repository_to_git-annex.mdwn index fe26f6952..94c5f1d13 100644 --- a/doc/forum/migrate_existing_git_repository_to_git-annex.mdwn +++ b/doc/forum/migrate_existing_git_repository_to_git-annex.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ I have a large git repository with binary files scattered over different branches. I want to switch to git-annex mainly for performance reasons, but I don't want to loose my history. I tried to rewrite the (cloned) repository with git-filter-branch but failed miserably for several reasons: - * --tree-filter performs its operations in a temporary directory (.git-rewrite/t/) so the symlinks point to the wrong destination (../../.git/annex/). - * annex log files are stored in .git-annex/ instead of .git-rewrite/t/.git-annex/ so the filter operation misses them + +* --tree-filter performs its operations in a temporary directory (.git-rewrite/t/) so the symlinks point to the wrong destination (../../.git/annex/). +* annex log files are stored in .git-annex/ instead of .git-rewrite/t/.git-annex/ so the filter operation misses them Any suggestions how to proceed? |