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[PATCH 2/3] Document current cvsps limitations.

From
Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
Date
May 27, 2006, 16:39 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
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Since there is no bugtracker that I know of, let's just use the scripts themselves to document their limitations.

Signed-off-by: Yann Dirson <ydirson@altern.org>
---
 git-cvsexportcommit.perl |    7 +++++++
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
index ed87dc9..3e4e90b 100755
--- a/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
+++ b/git-cvsexportcommit.perl
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 
+# Known limitations:
+# - cannot add or remove binary files
+# - cannot add parent directories when needed
+# - does not propagate permissions
+# - tells "ready for commit" even when things could not be completed
+#   (eg addition of a binary file)
+
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Std;
 use File::Temp qw(tempdir);
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  1. 0/3 Handful of cvsexportcommit patchesYann Dirson, May 27, 2006
  2. 1/3 Do not call 'cmp' with non-existant -q flag.Yann Dirson, May 27, 2006
  3. 2/3 Document current cvsps limitations.Yann Dirson, May 27, 2006
  4. Yann DirsonMay 27, 2006
  5. 3/3 Make cvsexportcommit create parent directories as needed.Yann Dirson, May 27, 2006
  6. git-cvsexportcommit.perl: fix typoSven Verdoolaege, Jun 17, 2006

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