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Re: git fast-import --export-marks flag

From
psantosl@codicesoftware.com <psantosl@codicesoftware.com>
Date
Mar 28, 2011, 20:47 UTC
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<4D90F3F8.1020706@codicesoftware.com>
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It's working on 1.7, was broken on 1.6
Thanks,
pablo
On 28/03/2011 18:48, psantosl@codicesoftware.com wrote:
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> Hi Shawn,
> 
>> I don't know what you are looking at, but fast-import uses the same
>> mark numbers that were supplied in the input stream inside of the
>> exported marks file. Otherwise as you pointed out, the marks are
>> useless.
> 
> Well, they're useful to run subsequent imports reusing the marks
> generated on the first import.
> 
> But ok, it seems my marks are "overflowing":
> 
>> cat fast-export.dat
> blob
> mark :1
> data 7
> bar.c
> 
> blob
> mark :2
> data 7
> foo.c
> 
> reset refs/heads/master
> commit refs/heads/master
> mark :1583217
> author unknown <pablo@.(none)> 1300813103 +0100
> committer unknown <pablo@.(none)> 1300813103 +0100
> data 8
> initial
> M 100644 :1 src/bar.c
> M 100644 :2 src/foo.c
> 
> commit refs/heads/master
> mark :1583219
> author unknown <pablo@.(none)> 1300813115 +0100
> committer unknown <pablo@.(none)> 1300813115 +0100
> data 5
> move
> from :1583217
> R "src/bar.c" "dst/bar.c"
> R "src/foo.c" "dst/foo.c"
> 
> reset refs/heads/master
> from :1583219
> 
> And the generated marks are:
> 
> :1 d1fe62248992d88f286d03bde972932e0118bf3c
> :2 146a766f34eb1dfb6c4d7b19a45ddf49ef7e5d5b
> :1074276465 52f475aba140ca2d6f6eb8f47ef0cdb9d043fab5
> :1074276467 caf606bb7cc64bab818acbc52b40d545467ddafc
> 
> 
> pablo
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  2. Shawn PearceMar 28, 2011
  3. psantosl@codicesoftware.comMar 28, 2011
  4. psantosl@codicesoftware.comMar 28, 2011

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