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Re: [PATCH] Implement git-quiltimport (take 2)

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 17, 2006, 18:51 UTC
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ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) writes:
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> Importing a quilt patch series into git is not very difficult
> but parsing the patch descriptions and all of the other
> minutia take a bit of effort to get right, so this automates it.
>
> Since git and quilt complement each other it makes sense
> to make it easy to go back and forth between the two.
>
> If a patch is encountered that it cannot derive the author
> from the user is asked.

What's the expected workflow for you to work on a 1300 patch series you get from Andrew in the next installment to deal with 88 unattributed patches? Answer the question 88 times and make sure you get the answers right every time? Or abort and hand-edit them to help mailinfo to notice the correct attribution and re-run?

I know I am guilty of suggesting "going interactive", but I have a feeling that having an optional file that maps patch-name to author might be easier to work with. If the old patches are recycled in the updated -mm set, you probably can reuse the mapping for them, adding entries for newly introduced "unnamed" patches as needed.

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Message 8 of 24 in “Implement git-quiltimport”
  1. Implement git-quiltimportEric W. Biederman, May 16, 2006
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 16, 2006
  3. Eric W. BiedermanMay 16, 2006
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 16, 2006
  5. Eric W. BiedermanMay 17, 2006
  6. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2006
  7. Implement git-quiltimport (take 2)Eric W. Biederman, May 17, 2006
  8. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2006
  9. Eric W. BiedermanMay 17, 2006
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 17, 2006
  11. Eric W. BiedermanMay 18, 2006
  12. Greg KHMay 19, 2006
  13. Eric W. BiedermanMay 20, 2006
  14. Greg KHMay 20, 2006
  15. Eric W. BiedermanMay 21, 2006
  16. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2006
  17. Eric W. BiedermanMay 21, 2006
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2006
  19. Eric W. BiedermanMay 21, 2006
  20. Greg KHJun 1, 2006
  21. Eric W. BiedermanJun 2, 2006
  22. Eric W. BiedermanMay 19, 2006
  23. Implement a --dry-run option to git-quiltimportEric W. Biederman, May 17, 2006
  24. Linus TorvaldsMay 17, 2006

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