Re: [PATCH v3] teach fast-export an --anonymize option

From: Duy Nguyen <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 28, 2014, 10:30 UTC
Message-ID: <CACsJy8B3gFC7kLf-cLhAk3BgQ+v427rMXWHTqjU4LYP3NQte7Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140827170127.GA6138@peff.net>

On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:01 AM, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:

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> You can get an overview of what will be shared
> by running a command like:
>
>   git fast-export --anonymize --all |
>   perl -pe 's/\d+/X/g' |
>   sort -u |
>   less
>
> which will show every unique line we generate, modulo any
> numbers (each anonymized token is assigned a number, like
> "User 0", and we replace it consistently in the output).

I feel like this should be part of git-fast-export.txt, just to increase the user's confidence in the tool (and I don't expect most users to read this commit message).

-- 
Duy