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Re: [PATCH 4/9] contrib: remove git-p4import

From
PWPete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
Date
Nov 26, 2013, 12:31 UTC
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<20131126123159.GA22601@padd.com>
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<20131125205847.GU4212@google.com>
jrnieder@gmail.com wrote on Mon, 25 Nov 2013 12:58 -0800:
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> The git p4import documentation has suggested git p4 as a better
> alternative for more than 6 years.  (According to the mailing list
> discussion when it was moved to contrib/, git-p4import has serious
> bugs --- e.g., its incremental mode just doesn't work.) Since then,
> git p4 has been actively developed and was promoted to a standard git
> command alongside git svn.
> 
> Searches on google.com/trends and stackoverflow suggest that no one is
> looking for git-p4import any more.  Remove it.
> 
> Noticed while considering marking the contrib/p4import/git-p4import.py
> script executable as part of a wider sweep.

I haven't seen git-p4import mentioned for the last 6 years either. Thanks,

Acked-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
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Message 6 of 13 in “War on #! lines in shell libraries”
  1. 0/9 War on #! lines in shell librariesJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  2. 1/9 mark Windows build scripts executableJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  3. 2/9 mark perl test scripts executableJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  4. 3/9 mark contributed hooks executableJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  5. 4/9 contrib: remove git-p4importJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  6. Pete WyckoffNov 26, 2013
  7. 5/9 gitk: chmod +x po2msgJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  8. 6/9 git-gui: chmod +x po2msg, windows/git-gui.shJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  9. 7/9 test: make FILEMODE a lazy prereqJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  10. 8/9 test: replace shebangs with descriptions in shell librariesJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013
  11. Eric SunshineNov 26, 2013
  12. 8/9 test: replace shebangs with descriptions in shell librariesJonathan Nieder, Nov 26, 2013
  13. 9/9 remove #!interpreter line from shell librariesJonathan Nieder, Nov 25, 2013

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