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Re: git-svn and huge data and modifying the git-svn-HEAD branch directly

From
Jan Harkes <jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu>
Date
Feb 27, 2006, 18:55 UTC
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On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 10:46:41AM -0800, Eric Wong wrote:
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> > now i am a little confused about that... oh, i actually modified the
> > svn-git directly instead of a private working branch... perhaps that was
> > not intended.
> 
> You should never, ever modify the git-svn-HEAD branch yourself.
> Interface branches should never be modified.  It's the golden rule of
> interfacing between different SCM interfaces.  Sorry, I've been doing
> things like this this for a while now I guess I didn't make it
> abundantly clear in the documentation.

If it is not supposed to be changed by the user, maybe it could be stored as a tag.

Or maybe another type of reference can be introduced. refs/remote/, for branches we are tracking, but which should not be modified locally.

Jan
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Message 3 of 33 in “git-svn and huge data and modifying the git-svn-HEAD branch directly”
  1. Nicolas Vilz 'niv'Feb 27, 2006
  2. Eric WongFeb 27, 2006
  3. Jan HarkesFeb 27, 2006
  4. Eric WongFeb 27, 2006
  5. Martin LanghoffFeb 28, 2006
  6. Linus TorvaldsFeb 28, 2006
  7. Martin LanghoffFeb 28, 2006
  8. Eric WongMar 1, 2006
  9. Andreas EricssonMar 1, 2006
  10. Linus TorvaldsMar 1, 2006
  11. Andreas EricssonMar 1, 2006
  12. Linus TorvaldsMar 1, 2006
  13. Josef WeidendorferMar 1, 2006
  14. Shawn PearceMar 1, 2006
  15. Linus TorvaldsMar 1, 2006
  16. Josef WeidendorferMar 1, 2006
  17. Linus TorvaldsMar 1, 2006
  18. Josef WeidendorferMar 1, 2006
  19. Linus TorvaldsMar 1, 2006
  20. Junio C HamanoMar 1, 2006
  21. Josef WeidendorferMar 1, 2006
  22. Martin LanghoffMar 1, 2006
  23. Carl WorthMar 1, 2006
  24. Linus TorvaldsMar 1, 2006
  25. Johannes SchindelinMar 1, 2006
  26. Petr BaudisMar 19, 2006
  27. Linus TorvaldsMar 19, 2006
  28. Junio C HamanoMar 19, 2006
  29. contrib/git-svn: tell the user to not modify git-svn-HEAD directlyEric Wong, Feb 27, 2006
  30. Nicolas Vilz 'niv'Feb 27, 2006
  31. Eric WongFeb 27, 2006
  32. Nicolas Vilz 'niv'Feb 27, 2006
  33. contrib/git-svn: correct commit example in manpageEric Wong, Feb 27, 2006

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