Remove a commit based on its subject(message) or filename

[tomdev92]

I am attempting to remove a commit from my repository history based on its message or filename by using commit.skip() . However, it seems that once the conditional statement evaluates to true, all subsequent commits in the history are skipped, irrespective of the condition.

The code I have been using to skip a commit based on its filename is the following:

git filter-repo --commit-callback '
for change in commit.file_changes:
 if b"index" in change.filename:
  commit.skip()'

whereas for skip a commit based on its message content is the following:

git filter-repo --commit-callback '
 if b"index" in commit.message:
  commit.skip()'

The logic of the conditionals is correct, as when I use

git filter-repo --commit-callback '
 if b"index" in commit.message:
  commit.message = b"new commit message"'

it works perfectly fine, affecting only the commits which respect the conditional statement.

Any idea on how I can achieve this?

[newren]

Duplicate of #534; closing.