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Re: [PATCH 00/20] git-cvsserver: add support for cvs "-r" refs

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 16, 2012, 19:25 UTC
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Matthew Ogilvie <mmogilvi_git@miniinfo.net> writes:
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> I don't actually intend to use any of this myself.
>
> I started it a few years ago under the theory that a more accurate
> emulation of CVS would make it easier to convince the team at $DAYJOB
> to switch to git, but we eventually switched without using
> git-cvsserver at all.
Nice ;-)
> ... That said, perhaps some of the trivial cleanup
> patches could go in now?

Not "now" now during the pre-release freeze, but the earlier patches (up to #11, arguably together with #12 and #13) do look like nice clean-ups to have.

Thanks.
Previous: Matthew Ogilvie
Message 22 of 22 in “git-cvsserver: add support for cvs "-r" refs”
  1. 00/20 git-cvsserver: add support for cvs "-r" refsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  2. 01/20 cvsserver t9400: add basic 'cvs log' testMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  3. 02/20 cvsserver: removed unused sha1Or-k mode from kopts_from_pathMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  4. 03/20 cvsserver: add comments about database schema/usageMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  5. 04/20 cvsserver update: comment about how we shouldn't remove a user-modified fileMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  6. 05/20 cvsserver: remove unused functions _headrev and gethistoryMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  7. 06/20 cvsserver: clean up client request handler map commentsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  8. 07/20 cvsserver: split up long lines in req_{status,diff,log}Matthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  9. 08/20 cvsserver: use whole CVS rev number in-process; don't strip "1." prefixMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  10. 09/20 cvsserver: cvs add: do not expand directory argumentsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  11. 10/20 cvsserver status: provide real sticky infoMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  12. 11/20 cvsserver: factor out git-log parsing logicMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  13. 12/20 cvsserver: cleanup extra slashes in filename argumentsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  14. 13/20 cvsserver: define a tag name character escape mechanismMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  15. 14/20 cvsserver: add misc commit lookup, file meta data, and file listing functionsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  16. 15/20 cvsserver: implement req_Sticky and related utilitiesMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  17. 16/20 cvsserver: generalize getmeta() to recognize commit refsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  18. 17/20 cvsserver: Add version awareness to argsfromdirMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  19. 18/20 cvsserver: support -r and sticky tags for most operationsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  20. 19/20 cvsserver: add t9402 to test branch and tag refsMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  21. 20/20 cvsserver Documentation: new cvs ... -r supportMatthew Ogilvie, Oct 14, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoOct 16, 2012

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