Does git-svn-id need repository path? (Re: How to use git-svn to clone from a mirror?)

From: Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>
Date: Jun 4, 2007, 16:55 UTC
Message-ID: <20070604165554.GC3299@efreet.light.src>
In-Reply-To: <85myzfsqji.fsf@blr-RHarinath.blr.novell.com>

On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 20:41:29 +0530, Raja R Harinath wrote:

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> -------------8<------------
>   # remove stored revision db, since we're going to change all the commit ids
>   rm .git/svn/git-svn/.rev_db.*
> 
>   # rewrite git-svn-id: lines
>   cg-admin-rewritehist \
> 	--msg-filter \
> 	'sed "s,file:///tmp/rsync-mirror,svn://the.svn.link/whatever,"'
> 
>   # recreate new revision db, and fetch updates, if any
>   git-svn rebase
> -------------8<------------

Which leads me to a question. Should the url really be part of the git-svn-id? A subversion repository is uniquely identified by it's uuid, so the uuid + revno is a good identifier. Is it possible to change that now, or is it necessary to keep the format now for backward compatibility?

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>