From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:48:23 GMT
Subject: Re: [Vcs-fast-import-devs] [RFC] fast-import: notemodify (N) command
Message-ID: <AANLkTi=3P0xc3mJj5Tsg_P26SAXmgVfCk1VeYQ=k2UtT@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110131183350.GB31826@burratino>

Heya,

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 19:33, Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> wrote:
> Most DVCSes do not allow one to non-disruptively change the log
> message for a commit.  But sometimes people want to attach information to a
> commit after the fact:
>
>  - whether it was tested and worked correctly
>  - who liked or disliked the commit (Acked-by, Reviewed-by)
>  - corresponding revision number after export to another version
>   control system
>  - bug number
>  - corresponding compiled binary

I talked with Augie Fackler (from hg) about this on IM and he says:
> We don't support anything like that at present (no demand, when we check
> nobody really seems to use git notes for anything)
> so it doesn't seem relevant in fast-export

So at least HG doesn't (currently) have any functionality that they
could use to implement the importing of such a stream.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier