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Re: what does @NNN in git-svn branch names mean?

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PHPeter Harris <git@peter.is-a-geek.org>
Date
Feb 6, 2008, 16:37 UTC
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On Feb 6, 2008 11:29 AM, Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com> wrote:
> What does it mean when git-svn creates branches with an @ sign and a
> Subversion revision number in them? The documentation doesn't say
> (and, this being perl, grepping for "@" in git-svn.perl is of little
> use!). I'll be happy to write something up if you'll clue me in.

It looks like this happens when a branch is deleted and recreated. The old branch "foo" is renamed to "foo@lastrev", and the new branch "foo" tracks the current state.

Peter Harris
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