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I have cloned an SVN repository into a Git repository, and I just want the last commits beginning from f3a5b2a commit. I do want to retain the changes, but they can be part of that f3a5b2a commit, I want to get rid of the unnecessary history because I don't need it anymore and I have the old SVN repository backed up.
There are commits spanning across 7 years, I just want the commits beginning from f3a5b2a.
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Luckily, you can process your files with Git and remove from commit and fix the history. If you've made several commits or cloned a repository with an already existing commit history, you'd typically want to look back and see what all commits were made.
It's cleanup time ⏰ If you have been lazily writing multiple vague commits, you can use git reset --soft <old-commit> to make your branch point to that old commit. And as we learned, Git will start by moving the branch pointer to it and stops right there.
I found a better way to clone an SVN repository and dropping older commits:
git svn clone -r1234:HEAD https://asdasd/ targetPath
It basically clones the given SVN repository, starting from revision 1234 until it hits the head.
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