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[RFC] svnimport/cvsimport: force creation of tags that already exist.

From
MSMichael Smith <msmith@cbnco.com>
Date
Sep 7, 2007, 15:42 UTC
Message-ID
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0709071125090.6203@juice.ott.cti.com>
Hi all,

git-svnimport was changed recently to use git-tag to make tags (47ee8ed2). I've had to add the "-f" option to import a repository where a tag was moved. I think git-cvsimport would have the same problem.

I understand moving tags is frowned upon in Git. I don't know how common the practise is in Subversion and CVS, or whether it makes sense to make the import scripts force tag creation by default.

Mike
---
 git-cvsimport.perl |    2 +-
 git-svnimport.perl |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/git-cvsimport.perl b/git-cvsimport.perl
index ba23eb8..2954fb8 100755
--- a/git-cvsimport.perl
+++ b/git-cvsimport.perl
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ sub commit {
 		$xtag =~ tr/_/\./ if ( $opt_u );
 		$xtag =~ s/[\/]/$opt_s/g;
 
-		system('git-tag', $xtag, $cid) == 0
+		system('git-tag', '-f', $xtag, $cid) == 0
 			or die "Cannot create tag $xtag: $!\n";
 
 		print "Created tag '$xtag' on '$branch'\n" if $opt_v;
diff --git a/git-svnimport.perl b/git-svnimport.perl
index 8c17fb5..d3ad5b9 100755
--- a/git-svnimport.perl
+++ b/git-svnimport.perl
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ sub commit {
 
 		$dest =~ tr/_/\./ if $opt_u;
 
-		system('git-tag', $dest, $cid) == 0
+		system('git-tag', '-f', $dest, $cid) == 0
 			or die "Cannot create tag $dest: $!\n";
 
 		print "Created tag '$dest' on '$branch'\n" if $opt_v;
-- 
1.5.2.1
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  3. (cvs|svn)import: Ask git-tag to overwrite old tags.Michael Smith, Sep 7, 2007

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