Re: [RFC] git-split: Split the history of a git repository by subdirectories and ranges

> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> The only thing left for us to decide is if reporting the true
>> parenthood like the current --pretty=raw makes sense (if so we
>> need to keep it and introduce --pretty=rawfish).
>> 
>> The only in-tree user of --pretty=raw seems to be git-svn but it
>> only looks at path-unlimited log/rev-list from one given commit,
>> so the only difference between dumping what is recorded in the
>> commit object and listing what parents we _think_ the commit has
>> is what we read from grafts.  I think we are safe to just "fix"
>> the behaviour of --pretty=raw
>
> I actually think I want to look further into the idea of just using git
> --pretty=raw --parents -- $project, and see if I can find any corner cases
> where it generates a different history than what we want.