Re: is there an easier way to do this ?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jan 1, 2009, 16:55 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901011754130.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
In-Reply-To: <gjeacg$3r5$4@ger.gmane.org>

Hi,

A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008, Zorba wrote:

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> > "Zorba" <cr@altmore.co.uk> writes:
> >
> >> ok, now I'm in this for real, archiving versions of our website project 
> >> (5k
> >> files approx)
> >>
> >> so here is the workflow:
> >>
> >> - copy version 1 files into GIT dir
> >>
> >> - open git bash
> >>
> >> $ git init
> >>
> >> $ git add .
> >>
> >> $ git commit -m "version1"
> >>
> >> all vanilla ? cool
> >> next job = store version 2 [...]
> >
> > Check out contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
>
> thanks Jakub, but I don't mind copying the versions in by hand and 
> running the git commits on them sequentially.

It's not only about how much work you are doing. It's also about preserving as much metadata as possible.

Ciao, Dscho