From: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date: Sun, 01 Jul 2007 15:03:53 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvstrack: work on imported cvs and other git branches
Message-ID: <4880FDC4-BAD5-49B4-871B-98259D691449@zib.de>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707011533370.4438@racer.site>


On Jul 1, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
>
>> The idea is to import a cvs repository using git cvsimport; build a
>> perfect history in git by cherry picking commits that are only in cvs
>> but not in git; and export only summaries back to cvs. Cvs imports  
>> are
>> organized on a separate git branch. git is used for merging. The
>> differences can be sent back to cvs as a squashed commit together  
>> with a
>> shortlog. Sent git commits are noted in the cvs commit message and  
>> will
>> be ignored in subsequent cvs imports.
>
> Wouldn't it be more intuitive to add a --squash option to
> git-cvsexportcommit?

Maybe.

But how to handle commits that are sent to cvs and come back
through git-cvsimport?

How can they be handled with git-cvsexportcommit/git-cvsimport?


>> To get the idea you can run t/t9250-git-cvstrack.sh and explore
>> the git repository created in t/trash/gitwork.
>
> Hmm. I would have expected such a non-descriptive description  
> _after_ the
> commit message, not _in_ it.

thanks, I'll remember this for future patches.

	Steffen