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Re: [RFD] Proposal for git-svn: storing SVN metadata (git-svn-id) in notes

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
May 28, 2011, 15:55 UTC
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2011/5/28 Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>:
> Now that git supports annotating comments with `git notes` utility,
> could we have an option to git-svn which would make it store SVN
> metadata, i.e. git-svn-id: lines using git-notes (separate svnmetadata
> or git-svn notes ref)?

One good thing about git-svn's current system is that you can easily share your repository with someone else, and they can bootstrap from the same commits.

Has the sharing of git-notes been improved to the point where that could be done similarly transparently?

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  1. Jakub NarebskiMay 28, 2011
  2. Arnaud LacurieMay 28, 2011
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 28, 2011
  4. Jakub NarebskiMay 28, 2011
  5. Dave ZarzyckiMay 29, 2011
  6. Eric WongMay 31, 2011
  7. Jakub NarebskiMay 31, 2011
  8. Michael HaggertyMay 31, 2011

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