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Re: Diff format in packs

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Jon Smirl <jonsmirl@gmail.com>
Date
Jul 31, 2006, 21:20 UTC
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On 7/31/06, Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Jon Smirl wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to build a small app that takes a CVS ,v and writes out a
> > pack corresponding to the versions. Suggestions on the most efficient
> > strategy for doing this by calling straight into the git C code?
> > Forking off git commands is not very efficient when done a million
> > times.
>
> Something akin to parsecvs by Keith Packard?

I see the error in my thoughts now, I need the fully expanded delta to compute the sha-1 so I might as well use the parsecvs code.

I am working on combining cvs2svn, parsecvs and cvsps into something that can handle Mozilla CVS.

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Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@gmail.com
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  1. Jon SmirlJul 31, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiJul 31, 2006
  3. Jon SmirlJul 31, 2006
  4. Shawn PearceJul 31, 2006
  5. Jon SmirlJul 31, 2006
  6. Martin LanghoffAug 1, 2006
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  8. Jon SmirlAug 1, 2006
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  11. Martin LanghoffAug 1, 2006
  12. Johannes SchindelinAug 1, 2006
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