Re: Converting kernel svn to git

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Re: Converting kernel svn to git
Date	2015-08-10 22:50 +0200
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On Mon, 2015-08-10 at 13:01 -0700, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 06:10:01PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > 
> > No, I want that history and a break in history will just make my life
> > harder.  If you only want some of the branches you can get those.
> 
> Ok, so let's go for history.
>  
> > > > Known bugs:
> > [...]
> > > On the other hand, none of the known bugs you mention is a show-stopper
> > > for the transition from my side.
> > 
> > Yes but they would be harder to fix later.  (git filter-branch is
> > powerful but it invalidates everyone else's clones.)
> 
> can you fix some of them in svn (preimport)? or does it need git-filter
> changes?
> 

Either git-filter-branch or changes to the svn2git rules.

I have most of these fixed now and am adding some more sanity checks.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.

Thread

Converting kernel svn to git Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-08-05 13:50 +0200
  Re: Converting kernel svn to git maximilian attems <maks@stro.at> - 2015-08-06 01:20 +0200
    Re: Converting kernel svn to git Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-08-06 19:20 +0200
      Re: Converting kernel svn to git maximilian attems <maks@stro.at> - 2015-08-10 22:20 +0200
        Re: Converting kernel svn to git Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-08-10 22:50 +0200
  Re: Converting kernel svn to git Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-08-11 02:30 +0200
    Kernel svn repositories converted to git Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2015-08-11 17:40 +0200

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