[Bug 1885162] Re: missing git filter-repo

[Hadmut Danisch]

I did not have a particular solution in mind.

It's just that if you deliver a tool, which shouts "don't use me, I'm
bad, use X instead!", it would be consequent and meet expectations to
deliver tool X as well.

If I read such a warning and need to fix it manually by self-compiling
external sources, it leaves a somewhat broken impression.

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Title:
  missing git filter-repo

Status in git package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  when using git filter-branch, it prints a strong warning:

  WARNING: git-filter-branch has a glut of gotchas generating mangled history
           rewrites.  Hit Ctrl-C before proceeding to abort, then use an
           alternative filtering tool such as 'git filter-repo'
           (https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/) instead.  See the
           filter-branch manual page for more details; to squelch this warning,
           set FILTER_BRANCH_SQUELCH_WARNING=1.

  
  but Ubuntu does not come wit filter-repo .

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: git 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-37.41-generic 5.4.41
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-37-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Thu Jun 25 19:28:51 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-06-12 (12 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
  SourcePackage: git
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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