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Re: [PATCH resend] Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN clone

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 15, 2008, 05:49 UTC
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"Jan Krüger" <jk@jk.gs> writes:
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> The example that tells users how to centralize the effort of the initial
> git svn clone operation doesn't work properly. It uses rebase but that
> only works if HEAD exists. This adds one extra command to create a
> somewhat sensible HEAD that should work in all cases.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Krüger <jk@jk.gs>
> ---
> When I first sent this one I said I didn't like the solution all that
> much (it would be nicer to use origin/HEAD but we didn't fetch that)
> but Eric said he thinks it's okay and the original author of the
> section hasn't piped in. It's still better than a nonfunctional example
> in any case.
I'll mark this Acked by Eric and apply to 'maint'.  Thanks, both.
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  1. Documentation: git-svn: fix example for centralized SVN cloneJan Krüger, Nov 14, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2008
  3. Eric WongNov 15, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoNov 15, 2008

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