Autogenerated HTML docs for v1.5.5.1-147-g867f

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/git-filter-branch.html b/git-filter-branch.html
index 0628c213a..3c7d6000a 100644
--- a/git-filter-branch.html
+++ b/git-filter-branch.html
@@ -419,10 +419,16 @@ that, use <a href="git-rebase.html">git-rebase(1)</a> instead).</p>
 use "--tag-name-filter cat" to simply update the tags.  In this

 case, be very careful and make sure you have the old tags

 backed up in case the conversion has run afoul.</p>

-<p>Note that there is currently no support for proper rewriting of

-tag objects; in layman terms, if the tag has a message or signature

-attached, the rewritten tag won't have it.  Sorry.  (It is by

-definition impossible to preserve signatures at any rate.)</p>

+<p>Nearly proper rewriting of tag objects is supported. If the tag has

+a message attached, a new tag object will be created with the same message,

+author, and timestamp. If the tag has a signature attached, the

+signature will be stripped. It is by definition impossible to preserve

+signatures. The reason this is "nearly" proper, is because ideally if

+the tag did not change (points to the same object, has the same name, etc.)

+it should retain any signature. That is not the case, signatures will always

+be removed, buyer beware. There is also no support for changing the

+author or timestamp (or the tag message for that matter). Tags which point

+to other tags will be rewritten to point to the underlying commit.</p>

 </dd>

 <dt>

 --subdirectory-filter &lt;directory&gt;

@@ -605,7 +611,7 @@ and the git list &lt;git@vger.kernel.org&gt;</p>
 </div>

 <div id="footer">

 <div id="footer-text">

-Last updated 04-May-2008 06:41:00 UTC

+Last updated 06-May-2008 06:34:58 UTC

 </div>

 </div>

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