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Re: Does git fast-import support deltas?

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 19, 2013, 06:13 UTC
Message-ID
<20130419061323.GB5055@elie.Belkin>
In-Reply-To
<1095757971.20130419092931@gmail.com>
Hi Ilya,
Ilya Basin wrote:
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> 1) a created a git repo from a foreign source using git fast-import
> 2) new commits were added to the foreign source
>
> Can I create a fast-import input stream not containing the commits
> already existing in my git repo and import it?

Yes, if the foreign source is structured in a way to make it easy. Take a look at the --cat-blob-fd option, the "ls" and "cat-blob" commands, and see svn-fe from contrib/svn-fe/ as an example.

Hope that helps, Jonathan

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  1. Ilya BasinApr 14, 2013
  2. Ilya BasinApr 14, 2013
  3. John KeepingApr 14, 2013
  4. State of CVS-to-git conversion tools (Was: Re: cvsps: bad usage: invalid argument --norc)Eric S. Raymond, Apr 14, 2013
  5. Michael HaggertyApr 15, 2013
  6. Ilya BasinApr 15, 2013
  7. Jakub NarębskiApr 15, 2013
  8. Eric S. RaymondApr 18, 2013
  9. Does git fast-import support deltas?Ilya Basin, Apr 19, 2013
  10. Felipe ContrerasApr 19, 2013
  11. Jonathan NiederApr 19, 2013
  12. Re[2]: State of CVS-to-git conversion tools (Was: Re: cvsps: bad usage: invalid argument --norc)Ilya Basin, Apr 20, 2013
  13. Eric S. RaymondApr 23, 2013
  14. Re[2]: State of CVS-to-git conversion tools (Was: Re: cvsps: bad usage: invalid argument --norc)Ilya Basin, Apr 23, 2013
  15. Eric S. RaymondApr 23, 2013
  16. Re[2]: State of CVS-to-git conversion tools (Was: Re: cvsps: bad usage: invalid argument --norc)Ilya Basin, Apr 24, 2013

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