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Re: cvsimport/cvsps: wrong revisions in branch

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Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
Date
Jan 26, 2007, 23:12 UTC
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fredag 26 januari 2007 07:20 skrev Simon 'corecode' Schubert:
> whichever importer you try, it *will* fail to create pure tags equivalent
> to the CVS tag.  it is not possible.  of course you can do trickery and
> create branches to simulate crooked tags.

Well, you could create a standalone tag not on any branch at all, I guess, just create a tree and a commit and tag corresponding to the tagged files. At least you wouldn't be lying about the history of the tag by implicating it was made through some magic merge.

-- robin
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  2. Simon 'corecode' SchubertJan 25, 2007
  3. Uwe Kleine-KönigJan 25, 2007
  4. Simon 'corecode' SchubertJan 25, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceJan 25, 2007
  6. Martin LanghoffJan 26, 2007
  7. Simon 'corecode' SchubertJan 26, 2007
  8. Robin RosenbergJan 26, 2007
  9. Gerrit PapeJan 26, 2007
  10. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2007

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