Proper way to remove unwanted files with git filter-branch without git rm failing

Question

I have a project of an SNMP agent where the related MIB files (*.smiv2 files) were developed along with it, but now I want them in a separate git repository.

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Answer 1

An -I switch can also be used.

some command | xargs -I % rm % 

Answer 2

Full Answer, for future reference

git filter-branch --prune-empty --index-filter 'git ls-files | \
grep -v ".smiv2$" | xargs git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch DoesNotExistInMyProject'

Answer 3

The simplest solution would be to add a dummy argument to git rm so that it always has at least one file parameter.

E.g.

... | xargs git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch DoesNotExistInMyProject

Answer 4

xargs's -r|--no-run-if-empty flag might be cleaner:

... | xargs--no-run-if-emptygit rm --cached --ignore-unmatched