From: Stephen Bash Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 00:16:59 GMT Subject: Re: Converting to Git using svn-fe (Was: Speeding up the initial git-svn fetch) Message-ID: <26761091.515858.1287188219315.JavaMail.root@mail.hq.genarts.com> In-Reply-To: ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sverre Rabbelier" > To: "Stephen Bash" > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 7:39:09 PM > Subject: Re: Converting to Git using svn-fe (Was: Speeding up the initial git-svn fetch) > > On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 09:50, Stephen Bash wrote: > > I think using notes is a better way to associate conversion > > information > > with commits, but I would probably still end up mining the notes to > > create > > some sort of svn to git mapping... Correct me if I'm wrong, but I > > don't see > > how notes would help me get from an svn rev to a git sha (a common > > practice for tickets and wiki links in our organization). > > Ah, hmm, that is a good point. Couldn't you just tag object > 0000000000000000143 for svn revision 143? Yeah, I actually thought about that as I was writing the comment... And after a completely unrelated conversation about tags at $WORK this afternoon, I'm half tempted to make a refs/tags/svn directory with lightweight tags named for SVN revs that point to the appropriate git object. That idea along with a bunch of others are now brewing a 2.0 in my head since I started revisiting this proces. We'll see if I have a productive weekend or not... > > I guess after that I should add that I'm happy to help, I'm just not > > sure > > where my experience maps to the on going effort. > > Just general feedback, sanity checking, and if you're interested, > "beta testing" I think would be very useful :). I will do my best. Thanks, Stephen