Re: [PATCH 4/4] Read author names and emails from a file

> Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
>
> > This is a good thing, but wouldn't it be better to use the same
> > format as that of cvsimport's -A flag?
>
> If both CVS and SVN have their own native format to express things
> like this, and if the format they use are different, then that is a
> valid reason for git-{cvs,svn}import to use different file format.
>
> But if that is not the case, I tend to agree that it might be easier
> for users if we had just one format. I do not think, however, any
> single project is likely to have to deal with both CVS and SVN
> upstream, importing into the same git repository, so reusing the
> mapping file would not be an issue, but having to learn how to write
> the mapping just once is a good thing.
>
> I do not offhand recall if SVN has its own native format; if it has,
> it may be better to use that, instead of matching what git-cvsimport
> does, since I do not think of a reason why the version with an equal
> sign is preferrable over the version with a space. If the version
> with '=' were the CVS native format then that might be a reason to
> prefer it, but if I recall correctly that is not the case. so...