Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] rebase: learn to rebase root commit

> Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
> 
> > Teach git-rebase a new option --root, which instructs it to rebase the
> > entire history leading up to <branch>.
> >
> > The main use-case is with git-svn: suppose you start hacking (perhaps
> > offline) on a new project, but later notice you want to commit this
> > work to SVN.  You will have to rebase the entire history, including
> > the root commit, on a (possibly empty) commit coming from git-svn, to
> > establish a history connection.  This previously had to be done by
> > cherry-picking the root commit manually.
> 
> I like what this series tries to do.  Using the --root option is probably
> a more natural way to do what people often do with the "add graft and
> filter-branch the whole history once" procedure.
> 
> But it somewhat feels sad if the "main" use-case for this is to start your
> project in git and then migrate away by feeding your history to subversion
> ;-).