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Re: git svn unhandled.log compression

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EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Mar 19, 2009, 17:55 UTC
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<20090319175514.GC23127@dcvr.yhbt.net>
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Tim Blechmann <tim@klingt.org> wrote:
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> >> i am not familiar with the git svn codebase, so i am not sure, whether
> >> it is feasible to implement a compression of the unhandled.log files,
> >> but it would definitely save me quite a lot of hd space ...
> > 
> > On that note, Eric, what does the unhandled.log file do in the first
> > place? It's name would suggest it lists all revisions that aren't
> > handled yet, but the contents of the file seem to only grow over time,
> > what gives?
> 
> according to the man page, it logs unhandled svn properties

Yup, it logs things that git-svn currently cannot handle. It's meant to be machine parseable so other tools[1] can process them after-the-fact. I would accept a patch for a command like "git svn gc" to deal with compressing them.

[1] - as far as I know there are none
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Eric Wong
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  1. Tim BlechmannMar 18, 2009
  2. Sverre RabbelierMar 19, 2009
  3. Tim BlechmannMar 19, 2009
  4. Eric WongMar 19, 2009

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