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Re: vcs-svn and firends

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Sep 15, 2011, 17:45 UTC
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Dmitry Ivankov wrote:
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> A very quick view suggests that they could be reorganized, if it's okay.
> For example:
> - squash optifying REPORT_FILENO with it's addition.
> - drop changes to repo_tree.c that were later erased
> ...I bet there are more
>
> Does it make sense or we should better not rewrite the history?

All else being equal, it is better not to rewrite history, especially when there are multiple series building on a commit (as is the case for most commits in the

 git://repo.or.cz/git/jrn.git svn-fe
branch, just like Junio's "master" branch).

Cheers, Jonathan

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  1. Jonathan NiederSep 15, 2011

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