Re: git p4 clone not processing branches properly

From: Vitor Antunes <vitor.hda@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 8, 2013, 13:43 UTC
Message-ID: <CAOpHH-WxOhfYYOY8z5rc+O1B5QD8g22L9DFrNFEAtp9YwH+V_A@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Matthieu Brucher <matthieu.brucher@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Without the spec client, it seems that the branches are recognized,
> but there are some many binary files that I need to remove them during
> the migration.
> I tried setting a .gitignore beforehand, but it is not respected (I
> tried to remove some folders with folder/ in .gitignore, but the
> folder are still imported).
> It there a switch for the import somewhere?

Hi Matthieu,

Unfortunately I've never tested the branch detection together with spec configuration. But there is a test case for it in the code that refers to the following question in StackOverflow:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11893688

Could you also tell us which version of git you are using?

Pete, maybe you can help Matthieu further on this question?

Thanks, Vitor