Re: [WIP PATCH] Add 'git fast-export', the sister of 'git fast-import'

From: Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy <pclouds@gmail.com>
Date: Nov 23, 2007, 12:31 UTC
Message-ID: <fcaeb9bf0711230431x1b0432f6uc9472b2f67514463@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0711210336210.27959@racer.site>

On Nov 21, 2007 10:40 AM, Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:

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> [WIP: this does not handle tags yet, and it lacks a test script
>  as well as documentation.]
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> This program dumps (parts of) a git repository in the format that
> fast-import understands.
>
> For clarity's sake, it does not use the 'inline' method of specifying
> blobs in the commits, but builds the blobs before building the commits.B
>
> ---
>         I am way too tired now to continue, but maybe someone else wants
>         to pick up the ball.

Well, I would better be back on setup_git_directory() than picking up the ball. I have a suggestion though. git-fast-export and git-fast-import should support bundle. Bundle is very handy for transferring a bunch of commits, but it does not (cannot?) hold tags and branches. With git-fast-{im,ex}port, we will have a perfect transportation for disconnected development.

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>         Oh, and it relies on "int" being castable to void * and vice
>         versa.  Is anybody aware of a platform where this can lead to
>         problems?
>
>         And yes, I will add a copyright when I woke up again.

-- 
Duy