Re: [PATCH] cvstrack: work on imported cvs and other git branches

> On Jul 1, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 1 Jul 2007, Steffen Prohaska wrote:
> > 
> > > The idea is to import a cvs repository using git cvsimport; build a 
> > > perfect history in git by cherry picking commits that are only in 
> > > cvs but not in git; and export only summaries back to cvs. Cvs 
> > > imports are organized on a separate git branch. git is used for 
> > > merging. The differences can be sent back to cvs as a squashed 
> > > commit together with a shortlog. Sent git commits are noted in the 
> > > cvs commit message and will be ignored in subsequent cvs imports.
> > 
> > Wouldn't it be more intuitive to add a --squash option to 
> > git-cvsexportcommit?
> 
> Maybe.
> 
> But how to handle commits that are sent to cvs and come back
> through git-cvsimport?