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Re: Importing non-version controlled bits and pieces to Git

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Peter Karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Date
Jun 23, 2008, 06:35 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin:
> Why not import everything with a CR/LF, and then use filter-branch
> with a really simple tree-filter? It is slow, alright, but it is
> safe, too.

That might work. My problem is the non-linearity of the data I want to import. But I might be able to massage the import-tars output before I feed it to git-fast-import to describe the history I need it to.

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