Re: git svn --use-log-author misbehavior?

From: Stephen R. van den Berg <srb@cuci.nl>
Date: Jun 20, 2008, 10:48 UTC
Message-ID: <20080620104802.GA9690@cuci.nl>
In-Reply-To: <485B82BD.2000404@mircea.bardac.net>

Mircea Bardac wrote:

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>I haven't tested this yet but I have a feeling this is not my case, or I 
>might not be fully understanding the implications of "--add-author-from" 
>on the functionality of "--use-log-author". Technically, they should be 
>independent and the options should not depend on each other:
>* --use-log-author only applies to getting info from the commits
>* --add-author-from only applies to putting info in the commits

They are independent.

>From the documentation, these 2 options can only be used with git svn 
>init/clone so they should somehow be saved for future use. Maybe this 
>doesn't happen.

At least --use-log-author can be used on git svn fetch (and possibly other subcommands) as well. And no, it currently is not being saved.

-- 
Sincerely,
           Stephen R. van den Berg.

Confidence is that feeling you have before you understand the situation.