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Re: [RFC/PATCHv2 1/3] Documentation/git-svn: Promote the use of --prefix in docs + examples

From
Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.org>
Date
Oct 6, 2013, 09:51 UTC
Message-ID
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From: "Johan Herland" <johan@herland.net>
> Currently, the git-svn defaults to using an empty prefix, which ends
> up placing the SVN-tracking refs directly in refs/remotes/*. This
> placement runs counter to Git's convention of placing remote-tracking
> branches in refs/remotes/$remote/*.
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>
> This is also in preparation for changing the default value of --prefix
> at some point in the future.
>
> Cc: Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the "Carbon copy:" line meant to signify? Should it be a double "Signed-of-by:" or one of the other "-by:" lines?

> Signed-off-by: Johan Herland <johan@herland.net>
> ---
> Documentation/git-svn.txt | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
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Message 12 of 23 in “git-svn: Use prefix by default?”
  1. Thomas Ferris NicolaisenAug 22, 2013
  2. Johan HerlandSep 30, 2013
  3. git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not givenJohan Herland, Sep 30, 2013
  4. Eric WongOct 1, 2013
  5. Johan HerlandOct 1, 2013
  6. Eric WongOct 3, 2013
  7. 1/3 Documentation/git-svn: Promote the use of --prefix in docs + examplesJohan Herland, Oct 5, 2013
  8. 2/3 git-svn: Warn about changing default for --prefix in Git v2.0Johan Herland, Oct 5, 2013
  9. Eric SunshineOct 9, 2013
  10. Johan HerlandOct 9, 2013
  11. 3/3 Git 2.0: git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not givenJohan Herland, Oct 5, 2013
  12. Philip OakleyOct 6, 2013
  13. Johan HerlandOct 6, 2013
  14. Eric SunshineOct 9, 2013
  15. Johan HerlandOct 9, 2013
  16. 0/3 Change git-svn's default --prefix in Git v2.0Johan Herland, Oct 11, 2013
  17. 1/3 Documentation/git-svn: Promote the use of --prefix in docs + examplesJohan Herland, Oct 11, 2013
  18. 2/3 git-svn: Warn about changing default for --prefix in Git v2.0Johan Herland, Oct 11, 2013
  19. Eric WongOct 12, 2013
  20. 3/3 Git 2.0: git svn: Set default --prefix='origin/' if --prefix is not givenJohan Herland, Oct 11, 2013
  21. Eric WongApr 19, 2014
  22. git-svn.txt: Retain a description og pre-v2.0 default prefixJohan Herland, Apr 19, 2014
  23. Eric WongApr 19, 2014

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