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Re: git-svn tags and branches

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PBPeter Baumann <waste.manager@gmx.de>
Date
Aug 30, 2007, 12:25 UTC
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 01:44:35PM +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
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> On 8/30/07, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
> > As noted by other repliers, SVN tags can be moving targets just like
> > branches, and are treated as such by git-svn.
> >
> > I should note that tags in git can actually be updated like a branch
> > just the same way, too, it's just not as easy to "accidentally" do.
> >
> > So I'll add the ability to modify refs under the refs/tags/ namespace to
> > my git-svn TODO list (which is getting rather large).  I also plan to
> > support branches outside of the refs/remotes/ namespace so it's easier
> > to use (clone, browse from gitweb) from bare repositories.
> 
> Thank you very much, that would be very appreciated.
> 
> While we're at it: could you consider putting the svn-imported refs
> not directly under remote? something like refs/remote/svn would be
> rather cleaner.
> 

Did you have a look at the --prefix option mentioned in the manpage? I think it does what you want.

-Peter
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