From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 08:58:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvsimport: add support for new style remote layout
Message-ID: <4663D42A.7090201@shadowen.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vvee4n1et.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> writes:
> 
>> cvsimport creates any branches found in the remote CVS repository
>> in the refs/heads namespace.  This makes sense for a repository
>> conversion.  When using git as a sane interface to a remote CVS
>> repository, that repository may well remain as the 'master'
>> respository.  In this model it makes sense to import the CVS
>> repository into the refs/remotes namespace.
>>
>> Add a new option '-r <remote>' to set the remote name for
>> this import.  When this option is specified branches are named
>> refs/remotes/<remote>/branch, with HEAD named as master matching
>> git-clone separate remotes layout.  Without branches are placed
>> ion refs/heads, with HEAD named origin as before.
> 
> Sounds good.  Docs?

Heh, yep if its something wanted then it needs docs.  Will drop a couple
of patches following this email.  The first is the documentation
updates.  The second adds a HEAD link matching git-clone behaviour, and
handily calling cvs HEAD remotes/<remote>/HEAD which seems appropriate.

-apw