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Re: [Feature Request] Better Subversion integration

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SJSam Granieri Jr <sjgdev@gmail.com>
Date
Feb 11, 2008, 16:55 UTC
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Sebastian, I think you have the right idea. One last question If a person wants to work on a tag branch, would the right idea be to create new branch on it as to not screw up the previous tag?

On Feb 11, 2008, at 2:47 AM, Sebastian Harl wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 04:56:11AM +0100, Björn Steinbrink wrote:
>> On 2008.02.09 20:44:59 -0600, Sam Granieri Jr wrote:
>>> Right now, git-svn import (or clone) will convert tags and  
>>> branches as
>>> remote branches.
>>> I would like it if git could pick up subversion tags and translate  
>>> them
>>> as git tags upon importing
>>
>> SVN tags aren't like git tags. A "tag" in SVN is just another  
>> directory,
>> which you can modify at will.
>
> Well, a SVN tag could be represented as a Git branch _and_ a Git tag
> pointing to the head of that branch. Whenever any such "tag branch"
> advances, the user should be notified, the user responsible for the
> further commits to the SVN "tag" should be seriously hurt and the Git
> tag should be overwritten (git tag -f).
>
> Sam, is that basically what you want?
>
> Cheers,
> Sebastian
>
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Message 8 of 10 in “[Feature Request] Better Subversion integration”
  1. Sam Granieri JrFeb 10, 2008
  2. Björn SteinbrinkFeb 10, 2008
  3. Michael HaggertyFeb 10, 2008
  4. Björn SteinbrinkFeb 10, 2008
  5. Michael HaggertyFeb 10, 2008
  6. Björn SteinbrinkFeb 10, 2008
  7. Sebastian HarlFeb 11, 2008
  8. Sam Granieri JrFeb 11, 2008
  9. Sebastian HarlFeb 11, 2008
  10. Jan HudecFeb 15, 2008

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