From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:00:58 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cvsimport: add support for new style remote layout
Message-ID: <7vvee4n1et.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <3a477a76f6c5396feee452678fb8110c@pinky>

Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> writes:

> cvsimport creates any branches found in the remote CVS repository
> in the refs/heads namespace.  This makes sense for a repository
> conversion.  When using git as a sane interface to a remote CVS
> repository, that repository may well remain as the 'master'
> respository.  In this model it makes sense to import the CVS
> repository into the refs/remotes namespace.
>
> Add a new option '-r <remote>' to set the remote name for
> this import.  When this option is specified branches are named
> refs/remotes/<remote>/branch, with HEAD named as master matching
> git-clone separate remotes layout.  Without branches are placed
> ion refs/heads, with HEAD named origin as before.

Sounds good.  Docs?