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Re: dangling commits and blobs: is this normal?

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MAMatthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de>
Date
Apr 23, 2009, 18:17 UTC
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Am 23.04.2009, 20:10 Uhr, schrieb Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>:
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> On Apr 23, 2009, at 13:56, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:
>
>> If your favorite import tool (*cough* git-svn *cough*) can't use
>> fast-import, and you are importing a large enough repository that
>> this matters to you, use another importer that can use fast-import.
>
> How did you guess? :) You're right of course, except that I can't
> use fast-import AFAIK. The issue is also more general, as the
> same scenario of adding new objects and repacking occurs
> outside the context of git-svn.

If you can't use fast-import for lack of access to the SVN repo, svnsync may help with that part. Or easier: ask the admin to upload a dump or provide one for download... :-)

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Matthias Andree
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Message 19 of 21 in “dangling commits and blobs: is this normal?”
  1. John DlugoszApr 21, 2009
  2. Jeff KingApr 22, 2009
  3. Brandon CaseyApr 22, 2009
  4. Nicolas PitreApr 22, 2009
  5. Matthieu MoyApr 22, 2009
  6. Jeff KingApr 22, 2009
  7. Brandon CaseyApr 22, 2009
  8. Jeff KingApr 22, 2009
  9. Nicolas PitreApr 22, 2009
  10. Matthieu MoyApr 23, 2009
  11. Nicolas PitreApr 22, 2009
  12. Brandon CaseyApr 22, 2009
  13. Nicolas PitreApr 22, 2009
  14. Jeff KingApr 22, 2009
  15. Nicolas PitreApr 22, 2009
  16. Geert BoschApr 23, 2009
  17. Shawn O. PearceApr 23, 2009
  18. Geert BoschApr 23, 2009
  19. Matthias AndreeApr 23, 2009
  20. Nicolas PitreApr 23, 2009
  21. John DlugoszApr 22, 2009

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