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Re: git-cvsexportcommit and commit date

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Derek Mahar <derek.mahar@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 10, 2008, 06:01 UTC
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On Feb 10, 2008 12:45 AM, Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com> wrote:

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> söndagen den 10 februari 2008 skrev Derek Mahar:
> > How do you get git-cvsimport to avoid the "duplicate" commit that it creates
> > when it imports a commit that you "landed" in CVS with git-cvsexportcommit?
>
> git rebase will drop those "empty" commits by default and you'll end up with the
> cvs-imported version.

How do I perform this rebase if the empty commit is on the same branch, say the master branch, as the original CVS landed commit? I attempted such a git-rebase using 1.5.4, but, iirc, git-rebase responded that the branch was already up-to-date.

Derek
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  1. Martin LanghoffFeb 6, 2008
  2. Derek MaharFeb 10, 2008
  3. Robin RosenbergFeb 10, 2008
  4. Derek MaharFeb 10, 2008
  5. Derek MaharFeb 10, 2008
  6. Robin RosenbergFeb 10, 2008
  7. Derek MaharFeb 10, 2008
  8. Robin RosenbergFeb 10, 2008
  9. Derek MaharFeb 10, 2008

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