From: Eyvind Bernhardsen <eyvind-git@orakel.ntnu.no>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:10:07 GMT
Subject: "commit"s without "from" in fast-import
Message-ID: <F6F70627-FAE7-43F1-BECC-E70A4A561982@orakel.ntnu.no>

Hi,

I have a question about fast-import, specifically a (possibly)  
unorthodox usage of it by cvs2svn.  Cvs2svn generates "commit"s with  
no "from" commands; instead, it emits a "merge" from the previous  
commit on the branch, and then rebuilds the entire state of the tree.

I've verified that the generated repositories are correct, so I know  
that it works, and I _think_ that it's equivalent to having "from  
<mark>" followed by "filedeleteall".

What I'm wondering is: is there any reason to modify cvs2svn's output  
to comply more to the man page's way of doing things, or is this a  
perfectly valid usage?
-- 
Eyvind Bernhardsen