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Re: git-svn: commit author x commit committer issue

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Aug 16, 2007, 09:20 UTC
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Richard MUSIL <richard.musil@st.com> wrote:
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> Normally, when patch is applied, git distinguishes commit author and
> commit committer (relying on info from patch).
> However, after the patches are committed to svn repository using:
> git-svn dcommit
> author and committer data are set to same values (or at least time and
> date, I cannot verify it for names).
> I wonder if there is any reason for this behavior, because I would
> definitely like to keep original commit info (which came from patch) in
> my git repository.

I try to keep commits made to SVN using git-svn as much like commits made using other SVN clients as much as possible.

Two people using git-svn (in its recommended fashion and maintaining linear history) can have identical SHA1s in their repository even if those two repositories had never seen each other before. Consistency is good.

I also want to avoid creating extra junk on the SVN repository which I don't personally consider very important. SVK does stuff like that with merges, and only SVK understands the metadata it uses. I prefer transparency.

-- 
Eric Wong
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  1. Richard MUSILAug 8, 2007
  2. Quy TonthatAug 8, 2007
  3. Peter BaumannAug 8, 2007
  4. Richard MUSILAug 9, 2007
  5. Eric WongAug 16, 2007
  6. Richard MUSILAug 16, 2007
  7. Eric WongAug 17, 2007
  8. Guilhem BonnefilleAug 22, 2007
  9. Guilhem BonnefilleAug 22, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2007
  11. Eric WongAug 23, 2007
  12. Richard MUSILAug 23, 2007

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