Re: git-svn tags and branches

From: Giuseppe Bilotta <giuseppe.bilotta@gmail.com>
Date: Aug 30, 2007, 11:44 UTC
Message-ID: <cb7bb73a0708300444q73e12d72o665a8266c2a90f61@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20070830102115.GA17620@muzzle>

On 8/30/07, Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> wrote:

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> As noted by other repliers, SVN tags can be moving targets just like
> branches, and are treated as such by git-svn.
>
> I should note that tags in git can actually be updated like a branch
> just the same way, too, it's just not as easy to "accidentally" do.
>
> So I'll add the ability to modify refs under the refs/tags/ namespace to
> my git-svn TODO list (which is getting rather large).  I also plan to
> support branches outside of the refs/remotes/ namespace so it's easier
> to use (clone, browse from gitweb) from bare repositories.

Thank you very much, that would be very appreciated.

While we're at it: could you consider putting the svn-imported refs not directly under remote? something like refs/remote/svn would be rather cleaner.

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> I really have a lot of catching up to do with all the new(er) things
> happening in git.  I learned git (what seems like) aeons ago have been
> more or less content with what the plumbing offered back then.  The past
> six months of my life hasn't exactly left me with a lot of time or
> energy for git, either; hopefully I'll have more time soon...

I enormously appreciate the efforts you've put into git-svn so far, it has been quite a refreshing change from having to way eons every time I had to commit something, while still giving me the ability to keep my work nicely in sync with the upstream repo.

I've considered tackling these minor issues myself, but my understanding of git's internals is most definitely not yet adequate, so I haven't been able to do any hacking yet.

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Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta