diff --git a/git-filter-branch.sh b/git-filter-branch.sh
index 49e13f0bb1ed2bcb6e85455f24dffa912927d67a..010353ad82881886b9739cc5f8de595acc9273ef 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-filter-branch.sh
+++ b/git-filter-branch.sh
git read-tree -i -m $commit
;;
*)
- git read-tree -i -m $commit:"$filter_subdir"
+ # The commit may not have the subdirectory at all
+ err=$(git read-tree -i -m $commit:"$filter_subdir" 2>&1) || {
+ if ! git rev-parse --verify $commit:"$filter_subdir" 2>/dev/null
+ then
+ rm -f "$GIT_INDEX_FILE"
+ else
+ echo >&2 "$err"
+ false
+ fi
+ }
esac || die "Could not initialize the index"
GIT_COMMIT=$commit