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title: Install git filter-repo (UNOFFICIAL) on openSUSE using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of git filter-repo (UNOFFICIAL) for on openSUSE
  - Versatile tool for rewriting history of Git repositories
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/git-filter-repo/opensuse
---

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# Install git filter-repo (UNOFFICIAL) on **openSUSE**

# git filter-repo (UNOFFICIAL) (git-filter-repo)

[林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)")

* [林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/brlin "View all snaps from 林博仁 Buo-ren Lin (brlin)")

[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/git-filter-repo/opensuse#install)

#### Versatile tool for rewriting history of Git repositories

git filter-repo is a versatile tool for rewriting history, which
includes [capabilities I have not found anywhere else](<https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo#design-rationale-behind-filter-repo>).
It roughly falls into the same space of tool as [git filter-branch](<https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch>)
but without the capitulation-inducing poor [performance](<https://public-inbox.org/git/CABPp-BGOz8nks0+Tdw5GyGqxeYR-3FF6FT5JcgVqZDYVRQ6qog@mail.gmail.com/>),
with far more capabilities, and with a design that scales
usability-wise beyond trivial rewriting cases. [git filter-repo is now recommended by the git project](<https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch#_warning>)
instead of git filter-branch.

While most users will probably just use filter-repo as a simple
command line tool (and likely only use a few of its flags), at its
core filter-repo contains a library for creating history rewriting
tools. As such, users with specialized needs can leverage it to
quickly create [entirely new history rewriting tools](<https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo/blob/main/contrib/filter-repo-demos>).

**Snap-specific information**

This is NOT an official distribution of git filter-repo, refer the
snap's own issue tracker for support:

<https://github.com/Lin-Buo-Ren/git-filter-repo-snap/issues>

### Package name

* git-filter-repo

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 30 July 2024 - latest/stable
* 26 July 2025 - latest/edge

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/git-filter-repo/opensuse#report-snap-modal)

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[See more information about git-filter-repo ›](https://snapcraft.io/git-filter-repo)

## Enable snaps on openSUSE and install git filter-repo (UNOFFICIAL)

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed from the command line on openSUSE Leap 15.x and Tumbleweed.

You need first add the *snappy* repository from the terminal. Choose the appropriate command depending on your installed openSUSE flavor.

Tumbleweed:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Tumbleweed snappy
```

Leap 15.x:

```
sudo zypper addrepo --refresh https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/system:/snappy/openSUSE_Leap_15.6 snappy
```

If needed, Swap out `openSUSE_Leap_15.` for, `openSUSE_Leap_16.0` if you’re using a different version of openSUSE.

With the repository added, import its GPG key:

```
sudo zypper --gpg-auto-import-keys refresh
```

Finally, upgrade the package cache to include the new *snappy* repository:

```
sudo zypper dup --from snappy
```

Snap can now be installed with the following:

```
sudo zypper install snapd
```

You then need to either reboot, logout/login or `source /etc/profile` to have /snap/bin added to PATH.
Additionally, enable and start both the *snapd* and the *snapd.apparmor* services with the following commands:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor
```

### Install git filter-repo (UNOFFICIAL)

To install git filter-repo (UNOFFICIAL), simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install git-filter-repo
```

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