filter-repo: filtering note with empty commits and --dry-run

Signed-off-by: Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
6 years ago · a7531af120
parent 3914c1377b
commit a7531af120
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -1109,7 +1109,9 @@ def get_args():
                      help='''Do not change the repository.  Run `git
                              fast-export` and filter its output, and save
                              both the original and the filtered version for
-                              comparison.''')
+                              comparison.  Some filtering of empty commits
+                              may not occur due to inability to query the
+                              fast-import backend.''')
  parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true',
                      help='''Print additional information about operations
                              being performed and commands being run.  When