Script to permit to rcheckin a git repository to a newly created TFVC repository with git-tfs

replace_root.sh

#Script to permit to rcheckin a git repository to a newly created TFVC repository with git-tfs
#adaptation from my answer: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/645450/insert-a-commit-before-the-root-commit-in-git/30558271#30558271
#usage: pass to the script (1) the url of the tfs server, (2) the tfs path in the repository, (3) the changeset id
#../replace_root.sh "https://urlOfYourTfs/DefaultCollection" "$/EmptyTfs/Trunk" 21

tfsServer=$1
tfsPath=$2
tfsChangesetId=$3

gitTfsMetadata="git-tfs-id: [$tfsServer]$tfsPath;C$tfsChangesetId"
echo "Creating a root commit with git-tfs metadatas:"
echo $gitTfsMetadata

root_commit_sha=$(git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD)
git checkout --force --orphan new-root
find . -path ./.git -prune -o -exec rm -rf {} \; 2> /dev/null
git add -A
GIT_COMMITTER_DATE="2000-01-01T12:00:00" git commit --date==2000-01-01T12:00:00 --allow-empty -m $gitTfsMetadata
new_root_commit_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)

echo "The commit '$new_root_commit_sha' will be added before existing root commit '$root_commit_sha'..."

parent="parent $new_root_commit_sha"
replacement_commit=$(
 git cat-file commit $root_commit_sha | sed "s/author/$parent\nauthor/" |
 git hash-object -t commit -w --stdin
) || return 3
git replace "$root_commit_sha" "$replacement_commit"

git filter-branch -- --all
rm -rf ./.git/refs/original
rm -rf ./.git/refs/replace
git checkout -f master
git branch -D new-root

git tfs bootstrap

@sawpresto - Checkout my fork. I got it working on Windows. https://gist.github.com/mikesigs/a1da22915d1376ee889d

One problem was the find command in this script is intended to use the bash version of that command, but the Windows one is used instead. To fix that I reference the find command by its full path. Then on the next line (starting with GIT_COMMITTER_DATE) I had to enclose $gitTfsMetadata in double quotes. I also wrapped the last 6 commands in a conditional, prompting the user to continue or not. Reason being, up to that point everything is reversable by just deleting .git/refs/replace and the new-root branch. In fact, I preferred to run those last 6 commands manually. Also, make a backup before running this!

My script isn't perfect either. I'm a bash script newb. But it worked on Windows, and I hope that can help you/someone else.

But thanks most of all to @pmiossec for the original!