From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:48:14 GMT
Subject: Re: [WIP PATCH] Add 'git fast-export', the sister of 'git fast-import'
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711261647400.27959@racer.site>
In-Reply-To: <20071125170019.GB25800@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>

Hi,

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007, Karl Hasselstr?m wrote:

> On 2007-11-23 15:59:58 -0500, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
> 
> > I have been considering creating a "git-gui daemon" process that links 
> > to libgit.a and can be driven bidirectionally through its 
> > stdin/stdout. Based on git-fast-export, sorta. But I haven't even 
> > started it...
> >
> > But the idea is sort of what Han-Wen wants. Why should I fork 
> > rev-parse to get a ref value? Or update-ref to change one?
> 
> Obviously, something like this would be very valuable for StGit as well.

Could you be a little more specific _what_ you want to do, and _how_ this 
could be done with fast-export | fast-import?

Ciao,
Dscho