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Re: [PATCH] remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docs

From
Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
Date
Apr 19, 2011, 09:31 UTC
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<20110419093108.GA7440@ted.stsp.name>
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On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:55:18AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> writes:
> 
> > Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name> writes:
> >
> >> -DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
> >> ------------------
> >> -Merge tracking in Subversion is lacking and doing branched development
> >> -with Subversion can be cumbersome as a result.  While 'git svn' can
> >> track
> >
> > Agreed (this and the rest of the patch). Users reading git-svn's doc
> > don't want a dissertation about how bad SVN is, and if they do, they can
> > read whygitisbetterthanx ;-)
Exactly :)

And they might rather want to learn more about how Subversion has improved since version 1.4. It seems that these parts of the text were written before Subversion's 1.5 release. SVN is a lot more capable now than the git-svn docs suggest and I'm surprised that git-svn's development seems to have gotten stuck at the 1.4 level of functionality. Not even CentOS ships with 1.4 anymore these days.

E.g. git-svn could be taught to generate svn mergeinfo compatible with other Subversion clients. It's not easy to come up with a generic mapping between the two systems but for some use cases it should be reasonably straightforward. This would be a nice improvement towards making git-svn a proper drop-in replacement for the standard svn client. Currently, git-svn cannot be used without disturbing other users doing merges with Subversion itself which is a pity.

I don't have time to work on this myself but I would be more than happy to assist with design and review.

> I agree the change in the patch is good.  It needs to be signed-off,
> though.
I've sent a signed-off version with git send-email. Thanks!
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Message 5 of 16 in “remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docs”
  1. remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docsStefan Sperling, Apr 18, 2011
  2. Matthieu MoyApr 18, 2011
  3. Junio C HamanoApr 18, 2011
  4. remove noise and inaccuracies from git-svn docsStefan Sperling, Apr 19, 2011
  5. Stefan SperlingApr 19, 2011
  6. Michael J GruberApr 19, 2011
  7. Stefan SperlingApr 19, 2011
  8. Michael J GruberApr 19, 2011
  9. Piotr KrukowieckiApr 19, 2011
  10. git-svn and a new svn remote helperMatthew L Daniel, May 5, 2011
  11. Sverre RabbelierMay 5, 2011
  12. Matthew DanielMay 5, 2011
  13. Sverre RabbelierMay 5, 2011
  14. Stefan SperlingApr 28, 2011
  15. Michael SchubertApr 28, 2011
  16. Stefan SperlingApr 29, 2011

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