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Created May 29, 2013 10:41
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This script takes the SHA1-ID of the commit as the input and truncates the history of the repository for all commits beyond that SHA1-ID
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git-truncate-tree
#!/bin/bash
# This script takes the SHA-I1D of the commit as the input and truncates the history of the repository for all commits beyond # that SHA1-ID
git checkout --orphan tmp $1
git commit -m "Truncated history"
git rebase --onto tmp $1 master
git branch -D tmp
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