From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:29:10 GMT
Subject: option directive to fast-import
Message-ID: <fabb9a1e0908011829j3843c132ka5081d994aad973f@mail.gmail.com>

Heya,

What would you think of a 'option' directive to fast-import?

'option' SP <option> SP <value> LF

Where <option> is:

import-marks
export-marks
force_update
quiet
stats
date-format
depth
active-branches
export-pack-edges

I just checked them all, and as far as I can see, as long as the
option directives come before any data, there should be no negative
side-effects to setting these values 'late'. The upside would be that
the frontend can tell git fast-import it's preferences, so that the
user does not have to type a humongous commandline, but instead can
suffice to just go with 'foo fast-export | git fast-import'. Of
course, the user might want to override these options manually, so the
option directives should only be honored if no commandline flag is
given.

Would you accept such a patch? If yes, I'll whip something up :).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier