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Re: git-cvsimport bug with dates

From
Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 16, 2007, 14:12 UTC
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On Nov 15, 2007 11:06 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> When you use "branch@{date}" notation, you are not asking a
> question on the project history, but a question on the local
> view from _your_ repository on that project.

Interesting; that makes sense from a merge or pull viewpoint, but wouldn't it make more sense to have cvsimport ensure the commits are treated as though they actually existed in master as of the date specified in CVS?

Elijah
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