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Add git-filter-repo

Will Chandler (ex-GitLab) requested to merge wc/add-filter-repo into master

What does this MR do?

Gitaly is in the process of adding the ability to rewrite repository history. To do this, we will use git-filter-repo, built by a prominent contributer to the Git project. The script becomes available as a Git subcommand when it is placed in $PATH.

For the standard base image we can install it directly via apt-get. For ubi8 we need to install it via pip3 instead, which writes a wrapper script to /usr/local/bin.

Related issues

Related to https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/-/issues/5730

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Edited by Will Chandler (ex-GitLab)

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