Re: git-svn: commit author x commit committer issue

> Richard MUSIL <richard.musil@st.com> wrote:
> > Normally, when patch is applied, git distinguishes commit author and
> > commit committer (relying on info from patch).
> > However, after the patches are committed to svn repository using:
> > git-svn dcommit
> > author and committer data are set to same values (or at least time and
> > date, I cannot verify it for names).
> > I wonder if there is any reason for this behavior, because I would
> > definitely like to keep original commit info (which came from patch) in
> > my git repository.
>
> I try to keep commits made to SVN using git-svn as much like commits
> made using other SVN clients as much as possible.
>
> Two people using git-svn (in its recommended fashion and maintaining
> linear history) can have identical SHA1s in their repository even if
> those two repositories had never seen each other before.  Consistency
> is good.
>
> I also want to avoid creating extra junk on the SVN repository which I
> don't personally consider very important.  SVK does stuff like that with
> merges, and only SVK understands the metadata it uses.  I prefer
> transparency.