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Re: is there an easier way to do this ?

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ZZorba <cr@altmore.co.uk>
Date
Dec 30, 2008, 23:15 UTC
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<gjeacg$3r5$4@ger.gmane.org>
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<m3k59hb6xr.fsf@localhost.localdomain>

thanks Jakub, but I don't mind copying the versions in by hand and running the git commits on them sequentially.

I only have 5 max historical versions to archive..

"Jakub Narebski" <jnareb@gmail.com> wrote in message news:m3k59hb6xr.fsf@localhost.localdomain...

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> "Zorba" <cr@altmore.co.uk> writes:
>
>> ok, now I'm in this for real, archiving versions of our website project 
>> (5k
>> files approx)
>>
>> so here is the workflow:
>>
>> - copy version 1 files into GIT dir
>>
>> - open git bash
>>
>> $ git init
>>
>> $ git add .
>>
>> $ git commit -m "version1"
>>
>> all vanilla ? cool
>> next job = store version 2 [...]
>
> Check out contrib/fast-import/import-tars.perl
>
> -- 
> Jakub Narebski
> Poland
> ShadeHawk on #git
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  1. ZorbaDec 30, 2008
  2. Jacob HelwigDec 30, 2008
  3. ZorbaDec 30, 2008
  4. Jacob HelwigDec 30, 2008
  5. Jeff WhitesideDec 30, 2008
  6. Jakub NarebskiDec 30, 2008
  7. ZorbaDec 30, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinJan 1, 2009

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