Re: [RFD] Proposal for git-svn: storing SVN metadata (git-svn-id) in notes

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: May 28, 2011, 16:37 UTC
Message-ID: <201105281837.56655.jnareb@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTinorqTQOBw46mYJYfEWTEXC+Myzpw@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, 28 May 2011, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

> 2011/5/28 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:

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> > Now that git supports annotating comments with `git notes` utility,
> > could we have an option to git-svn which would make it store SVN
> > metadata, i.e. git-svn-id: lines using git-notes (separate svnmetadata
> > or git-svn notes ref)?
> 
> One good thing about git-svn's current system is that you can easily
> share your repository with someone else, and they can bootstrap from
> the same commits.

How it works with svn-dcommit rewriting commits?

> Has the sharing of git-notes been improved to the point where that
> could be done similarly transparently?

 
First, the idea was to do it optionally.  In addition to existing and
discouraged `svn.noMetadata` / `--no-metadata` git-svn would acquire
`svn.metadata` / `--metadata` / `--svn-metadata` = none | notes | commits
that would as one option put 'git-svn-id:' lines or their equivalent
to git notes.

Second, from what I understand from the very beginning git-notes was designed in such way that sharing notes is sharing ref. git-replace shares this feature.

But please take above with a grain of salt, having never used notes before, and not being developer of this subsystem.

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland