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Re: Importing non-version controlled bits and pieces to Git

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Miklos Vajna <vmiklos@frugalware.org>
Date
Jun 20, 2008, 11:51 UTC
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<20080620115102.GW29404@genesis.frugalware.org>
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On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:42:22AM +0100, Peter Karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se> wrote:
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> I am looking at moving a project that has not been version-controlled
> in the regular sense into Git. I have found it to currently consist of
> 40 directories with copies of the set of files in various shapes.
> 
> I have reconstructed something that looks like a probable revision tree
> for these 40 directories, and I want to put this into Git so that I can
> examine what changes have been made where, and merge the various
> versions back together so that there can be one version with all the
> various fixes.
Maybe contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl?

It imports tar.{gz,bz2,Z} files, but you can tar up your trees or it can just serve as an example and you can write your own script that does the same with directories.

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  1. Peter KarlssonJun 20, 2008
  2. Miklos VajnaJun 20, 2008
  3. Johannes SchindelinJun 20, 2008
  4. Peter KarlssonJun 20, 2008
  5. Johannes SixtJun 20, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinJun 20, 2008
  7. Peter KarlssonJun 23, 2008
  8. Peter KarlssonJun 23, 2008
  9. Karl HasselströmJun 24, 2008
  10. Peter KarlssonJun 24, 2008

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