From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:31:49 GMT
Subject: Re: gitweb wishlist
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505240929051.2307@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050524161745.GA9537@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>



On Tue, 24 May 2005, Thomas Glanzmann wrote:
> 
> And your script does that:
> 
> 	export GIT_COMMITTER_NAME=roessler
> 	export GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL=roessler
> 	export GIT_AUTHOR_NAME=roessler
> 	export GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL=roessler
> 	export GIT_AUTHOR_DATE='1998/06/20 03:53:44'
> 	ln -sf refs/heads/'master' .git/HEAD
> 	git-read-tree -m HEAD
> 	git-checkout-cache -f -u -a
> 	mkdir -p doc
> 	co -p -r1.2.2.1 '/home/cip/adm/sithglan/work/mutt/cvsrepository/doc/Attic/manual.sgml,v' > 'doc/manual.sgml'
> 	git-update-cache --add -- 'doc/manual.sgml'
> 	tree=$(git-write-tree)
> 	cat > .cmitmsg <<EOFMSG
> 	documenting alias-path
> 	EOFMSG
> 	commit=$(cat .cmitmsg | git-commit-tree $tree -p HEAD)
> 	echo $commit > .git/HEAD
> 
> The problem might be that this is the first commit in the branch. But I thought
> it should end up in refs/heads/mutt-0-93.

Yes, you're using the cvs2git from yesterday, which didn't write the new
commit to the right branch. This is part of the branch fixing I've done.

Wait another few minutes and I'll commit my fix the problem with cvsps
branch handling (and I need to escape '$' in <<EOFMSG handling).

		Linus