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Re: git svn fetch loses data

From
Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch>
Date
Nov 15, 2009, 13:33 UTC
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Victor Engmark wrote:
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> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:35 AM, Johan 't Hart <johanthart@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sverre Rabbelier schreef:
> > 
> > > $ git rebase git-svn
> > 
> > Why not just
> > $ git svn rebase
> 
> What is the difference between the two?

'git svn rebase' magically[*] picks the right remote branch to rebase against, and also first talks to the network to update said branch.

[*] actually it looks at the first git-svn-id line found in git log --first-parent.

-- 
Thomas Rast
trast@{inf,student}.ethz.ch
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  1. Victor EngmarkNov 14, 2009
  2. Sverre RabbelierNov 14, 2009
  3. Victor EngmarkNov 14, 2009
  4. Sverre RabbelierNov 14, 2009
  5. Victor EngmarkNov 14, 2009
  6. Johan 't HartNov 14, 2009
  7. Victor EngmarkNov 15, 2009
  8. Thomas RastNov 15, 2009
  9. Johan 't HartNov 15, 2009
  10. Thomas RastNov 15, 2009
  11. Victor EngmarkDec 11, 2009

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