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Re: [PATCH 4/4] Read author names and emails from a file

From
Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Feb 26, 2006, 11:49 UTC
Message-ID
<440195D4.7080905@op5.se>
In-Reply-To
<20060226051131.24860.15804.stgit@backpacker.hemma.treskal.com>
Karl Hasselström wrote:
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> Read a file with lines on the form
> 
>   username User's Full Name <email@addres.org>
> 
> and use "User's Full Name <email@addres.org>" as the GIT author and
> committer for Subversion commits made by "username". If encountering a
> commit made by a user not in the list, abort.
>

This is a good thing, but wouldn't it be better to use the same format as that of cvsimport's -A flag? Also, I imagine one would like to save those files within the .git directory for incremental importing, also like cvsimport does.

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Previous: Karl HasselströmNext: Junio C Hamano
Message 6 of 12 in “some git-svnimport improvements”
  1. 0/4 some git-svnimport improvementsKarl Hasselström, Feb 26, 2006
  2. 1/4 Mention -r in usage summaryKarl Hasselström, Feb 26, 2006
  3. 2/4 Convert executable flagKarl Hasselström, Feb 26, 2006
  4. 3/4 Convert the svn:ignore propertyKarl Hasselström, Feb 26, 2006
  5. 4/4 Read author names and emails from a fileKarl Hasselström, Feb 26, 2006
  6. Andreas EricssonFeb 26, 2006
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 27, 2006
  8. Karl HasselströmFeb 27, 2006
  9. 1/2 Let git-svnimport's author file use same syntax as git-cvsimport'sKarl Hasselström, Feb 27, 2006
  10. Jon LoeligerMar 1, 2006
  11. Karl HasselströmMar 2, 2006
  12. 2/2 Save username -> Full Name <email@addr.es> map fileKarl Hasselström, Feb 27, 2006

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