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concrete5/incremental-filter-branch
===================================

Shell script to call git filter-branch in an incremental way

1.0.2(8y ago)4253[3 issues](https://github.com/concrete5/incremental-filter-branch/issues)MITShell

Since Mar 19Pushed 2y ago5 watchersCompare

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

[`git filter-branch`](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch) is a really nice git feature. For instance, it allows fancy stuff like subtree-splitting.

Problems may arise when the repository contains a lot of commits: this operation can take a lot of time.

Luckily recent versions of git allow us to perform this operation in an incremental way: the first time `filter-branch` still requires some time, but following calls can be very fast.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- git 2.16.0 or newer
- common commands (`sed`, `grep`, `md5sum`, `cut`, ...)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Get the script and read the syntax using the `--help` option.

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

```
./bin/incremental-git-filterbranch \
    --branch-whitelist 'develop master rx:release\/.*' \
    --tag-blacklist 'rx:5\..*' \
    --tags-plan all --tags-max-history-lookup 10 \
    https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5.git \
    '--prune-empty --subdirectory-filter concrete' \
    git@github.com:concrete5/concrete5-core.git
```

Legal stuff
-----------

[](#legal-stuff)

Use at your own risk. [MIT License](https://github.com/concrete5/incremental-filter-branch/blob/master/LICENSE).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

Special thanks to [Ian Campbell](https://github.com/ijc) for the implementation of the `--state-branch` option of git, and his hints about how it can be used. This script works only thanks to him (and if it doesn't work I'm the only person to blame).

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance5

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.9% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1 days

Total

3

Last Release

2971d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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