From: Steven Grimm <koreth@midwinter.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:49:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-svn: remove --first-parent, add --upstream
Message-ID: <46E03DB8.8060809@midwinter.com>
In-Reply-To: <1189096669534-git-send-email-hjemli@gmail.com>

Lars Hjemli wrote:
> This makes git-svn always issue the --first-parent option to git-log when
> trying to establish the "base" subversion branch, so the --first-parent
> option to git-svn is no longer needed. Instead a new option, --upstream
> <revspec>, is introduced. When this is specified the search for embedded
> git-svn-id lines in commit messages starts at the specified revision, if
> not specified the search starts at HEAD.
>   

This is a much better solution -- I can't personally imagine a scenario 
where I'd want anything other than the --first-parent behavior, so 
making it the default is much more convenient. Thanks.

-Steve