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Re: git-svn and repository hierarchy?

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JWJosef Wolf <jw@raven.inka.de>
Date
Mar 6, 2009, 17:57 UTC
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On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 11:58:36AM -0500, Peter Harris wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Josef Wolf wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 02:48:14PM -0500, Peter Harris wrote:
> >>
> >> True, but in my experience it happens considerably less often with
> >> git. I find and fix most of my typos when reviewing my change-set
> >> before doing a "git push" or "git svn dcommit".
> >
> > So you are rewriting yourself but not accept rewrites by svn ;-)
> 
> No, I am not rewriting myself *after I publish*. I see the smiley, but
> I think you missed the point.
> 
> "git push" or "svn ci" is the end of the rewrites.
I see.  Thanks for the clarification!
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> >> Indeed. Or even not-so-random names, such as cloneX/topic-name if you
> >> prefer.
> >
> > That would have the risk of multiple clones pushing to the same branch.
> 
> Only if cloneX pushes to cloneY/topic-name. Does each clone not have a
> unique name?
I'd rather not rely on the clones having unique names.
> > Does that look sane?
> 
> No. But it doesn't look any more insane than any other workflow
> involving Subversion that I can think of. :-)
OK, I parse that as "there's not much room for improvement" :-)
Thanks for your great help!  I have learned a lot in this thread!
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  1. Josef WolfFeb 24, 2009
  2. Michael J GruberFeb 25, 2009
  3. Josef WolfFeb 25, 2009
  4. Peter HarrisFeb 26, 2009
  5. Josef WolfFeb 27, 2009
  6. Peter HarrisFeb 27, 2009
  7. Josef WolfFeb 27, 2009
  8. Peter HarrisFeb 28, 2009
  9. Josef WolfFeb 27, 2009
  10. Michael J GruberFeb 27, 2009
  11. Josef WolfFeb 27, 2009
  12. Michael J GruberFeb 28, 2009
  13. Josef WolfMar 3, 2009
  14. Peter HarrisMar 3, 2009
  15. Josef WolfMar 3, 2009
  16. Peter HarrisMar 4, 2009
  17. Josef WolfMar 4, 2009
  18. Peter HarrisMar 4, 2009
  19. Josef WolfMar 5, 2009
  20. Peter HarrisMar 5, 2009
  21. Josef WolfMar 6, 2009
  22. Peter HarrisMar 6, 2009
  23. Josef WolfMar 6, 2009
  24. Florian MicklerMar 8, 2009

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