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Re: Questions about git-fast-import for cvs2svn

From
Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de>
Date
Jul 15, 2007, 18:58 UTC
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On Jul 15, 2007, at 8:51 PM, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
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> I'm not sure if merges help to solve the situation described by  
> Michael.
> From my understanding the situation is more like starting a branch and
> later 'cherry-picking' commits from various other branches at  
> different
> times. Michael describes a situation where a branch would need to  
> start
> from multiple commits. I think this is different from merging.

[ Hmm.. should have checked my email another time to avoid the race condition with Linus ...]

	Steffen
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  1. Michael HaggertyJul 15, 2007
  2. SeanJul 15, 2007
  3. Steffen ProhaskaJul 15, 2007
  4. Steffen ProhaskaJul 15, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoJul 15, 2007
  6. Eric WongJul 16, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsJul 15, 2007
  8. Shawn O. PearceJul 16, 2007
  9. Robin RosenbergJul 15, 2007
  10. Robin H. JohnsonJul 15, 2007

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