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Re: Using git-svn fetch after a directory change with rewrite-root

From
EWEric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net>
Date
Aug 20, 2011, 19:18 UTC
Message-ID
<20110820191837.GA30509@dcvr.yhbt.net>
In-Reply-To
<CANWsHyfHtr0EaJtNsDK9UTcmb_AbLg-1jUA-0uWJ-nEeNosb7w@mail.gmail.com>
(Apologies for the late response, I don't pay attention to
 git svn much anymore.  Feel free to Cc: me when posting to
 the mailing list and remind me in a week if I forgot respond.)
H Krishnan <hetchkay@gmail.com> wrote:
Show 17 quoted lines
> while (1) {
> 	# It is possible to tag two different subdirectories at
> 	# the same revision.  If the url for an existing ref
> 	# does not match, we must either find a ref with a
> 	# matching url or create a new ref by growing a tail.
> 	$gs = Git::SVN->init($u, $p, $repo_id, $ref_id, 1);
> 	my (undef, $max_commit) = $gs->rev_map_max(1);
> 	last if (!$max_commit);
> 	my ($url) = ::cmt_metadata($max_commit);
> 	last if ($url eq $gs->full_url);
> 	$ref_id .= '-';
> }
> print STDERR "Initializing parent: $ref_id\n" unless $::_q > 1;
> 
> I wonder if commit 3235b7053c45a734c1cdf9b117bda68b7ced29c9 handles
> rewrite-root correctly. Should the comparison be made with
> $gs->metadata_url instead of $gs->full_url?

I think you're right, can you submit a test case? Current tests all pass with $gs->metadata_url so I can probably push it out in a bit regardless.

-- 
Eric Wong
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  1. H KrishnanAug 8, 2011
  2. H KrishnanAug 10, 2011
  3. Michael SchubertAug 16, 2011
  4. Eric WongAug 20, 2011
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