Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.6.2-169-g92418

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@@ -408,7 +408,9 @@ multiple commits.</p></div>
 <p>

         This is the filter for rewriting the index.  It is similar to the

         tree filter but does not check out the tree, which makes it much

-        faster.  For hairy cases, see <a href="git-update-index.html">git-update-index(1)</a>.

+        faster.  Frequently used with <tt>git rm --cached

+        --ignore-unmatch &#8230;</tt>, see EXAMPLES below.  For hairy

+        cases, see <a href="git-update-index.html">git-update-index(1)</a>.

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@@ -567,16 +569,16 @@ or copyright violation) from all commits:</p></div>
 <div class="para"><p>However, if the file is absent from the tree of some commit,

 a simple <tt>rm filename</tt> will fail for that tree and commit.

 Thus you may instead want to use <tt>rm -f filename</tt> as the script.</p></div>

-<div class="para"><p>A significantly faster version:</p></div>

+<div class="para"><p>Using <tt>--index-filter</tt> with <em>git-rm</em> yields a significantly faster

+version.  Like with using <tt>rm filename</tt>, <tt>git rm --cached filename</tt>

+will fail if the file is absent from the tree of a commit.  If you

+want to "completely forget" a file, it does not matter when it entered

+history, so we also add <tt>--ignore-unmatch</tt>:</p></div>

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-<pre><tt>git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached filename' HEAD</tt></pre>

+<pre><tt>git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename' HEAD</tt></pre>

 </div></div>

 <div class="para"><p>Now, you will get the rewritten history saved in HEAD.</p></div>

-<div class="para"><p>As with using <tt>rm filename</tt>, <tt>git rm --cached filename</tt> will fail

-if the file is absent from the tree of a commit.  If it is not important

-whether the file is already absent from the tree, you can use

-<tt>git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch filename</tt> instead.</p></div>

 <div class="para"><p>To rewrite the repository to look as if <tt>foodir/</tt> had been its project

 root, and discard all other history:</p></div>

 <div class="listingblock">

@@ -758,7 +760,7 @@ and the git list &lt;git@vger.kernel.org&gt;</p></div>
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-Last updated 2009-02-15 10:37:53 UTC

+Last updated 2009-03-13 07:52:40 UTC

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