From: Shawn O. Pearce Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:46:59 GMT Subject: Re: [RFC] mtn to git conversion script Message-ID: <20080824224658.GA16590@spearce.org> In-Reply-To: <94a0d4530808241133n5cc9f17arc79a1a5013187869@mail.gmail.com> Felipe Contreras wrote: > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 4:14 PM, Miklos Vajna wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 12:18:50PM +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote: > >> What do you think? Does it makes sense to have a 'write-raw' command? > >> Or should I somehow use 'fast-import'? > > > > Yes, you should. ;-) > > > > The syntax of it is not so hard, see for example 'git fast-export > > HEAD~2..' on a git repo and you'll see. > > > > This should help a lot if you are like me, who likes to learn from > > examples. > > Is it possible to create a fast-import from the index? I realize this > is not the best thing to do, but for now I would like to do that. No, fast-import uses its own internal structure and avoids the index file. Also, look at `git-hash-objects -w` as a replacement for your git-write-raw tool if you aren't going to use git-fast-import. -- Shawn.