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

> On 8/16/07, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Instead of using SVN metadata, why not store the missing information
> like git-svn store the SVN rev id. (in the commit log as I know).
>
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