Docs feedback: giving a git filter-branch command when recommanding git filter-repo elsewhere

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In the Delete sensitive information from commits section of the Undo options in Git documentation a usage of git filter-branch is given.

However, when reading the Reduce repository size documentation, it is recommended to use git filter-repo instead.

Isn't that confusing ?

Edited Sep 22, 2025 by 🤖 GitLab Bot 🤖
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