From: Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:40:13 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] import-tars: properly import git-archive tarballs
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1002181037340.11095@ds9.cixit.se>
In-Reply-To: <1266434452-14532-1-git-send-email-g2p.code@gmail.com>

Gabriel:

> git-archive adds a special entry to the archives it creates, 
> pax_global_header, containing the SHA1 of the exported commit.

Interesting use-case.

> Now import-tars correctly ignores the comment.

In the case where you actually would care, perhaps it should be added as a 
comment to the default commit message? Something like "Imported from 
$tar_file, created from commit $commit.".

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