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Re: Git SVN Rebranching Issue

From
Dmitry Potapov <dpotapov@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 4, 2008, 09:42 UTC
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On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 12:41:11AM -0800, Eric Wong wrote:
> 
> Short answer: you can use grafts to remove parents.

Using grafts requires some cautious, especially when it is used to make some commits unreachable, because git gc can remove unreachable commits. Also, a repository with grafts cannot be cloned. So using grafts looks like more as workaround rather a real solution.

> 
> It was actually an intentional design decision on my part preserve
> parents based on branch name.  We would eventually otherwise lose
> history of the now-deleted branches, as reflogs can expire.

Would it not be better to save the old branch using "@SVN-NUMBER" as suffix? Thus, those do not need the old branch can easily delete it.

Dmitry
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  3. Dmitry PotapovNov 4, 2008
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  5. Matt KernNov 4, 2008
  6. Eric WongNov 5, 2008
  7. Avery PennarunNov 5, 2008
  8. Eric WongNov 6, 2008
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