newren/git-filter-repo

"--dry-run" should skip sanity checks

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#489 opened on Jul 4, 2023

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good first issue

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Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3155]
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D:\Sources.MW\tmp\addservice> git filter-repo --to-subdirectory-filter Plugins/AddServices --dry-run --tag-rename '':'AddService-'
Aborting: Refusing to destructively overwrite repo history since
this does not look like a fresh clone.
  (expected freshly packed repo)
Please operate on a fresh clone instead.  If you want to proceed
anyway, use --force.

Ahem... Thanks for catching me in the rye, but i did specify --dry-run exactly too keep myself from harm.

And also, --force --dry-run looks plain silly :-)

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Inspect the code path for dry run in git filter repo and ensure sanity checks are skipped when this flag is set.
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