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Re: [PATCH v3] teach fast-export an --anonymize option

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Aug 28, 2014, 18:43 UTC
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Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> writes:
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> Dumb question (I have not even read the patch, so please just ignore me
> if this is indeed dumb!): Is the map of <original-name, anonymized-name>
> available to the user while he attempts to confirm that the bug is still
> present?
>
> For example, if I anonymized git.git, and did 'git branch -v' (say), how
> easy would it be for me to recognise which branch was 'next'?
It is not dumb but actually is a very good point.

There needs an easy way for the reporting user to turn an observation such as "When I do 'git log master..next' I see this one extraneous commit shown" into a corresponding statement to accompany the anonymised output. The user needs it to make sure that the symptom reproduces in the anonymised repository in order to decide if it is even worthwhile to send the output for analysis in the first place.

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  1. teach fast-export an --anonymize optionJeff King, Aug 21, 2014
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2014
  3. Jeff KingAug 21, 2014
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2014
  5. Jeff KingAug 21, 2014
  6. teach fast-export an --anonymize optionJeff King, Aug 21, 2014
  7. Duy NguyenAug 22, 2014
  8. Philip OakleyAug 22, 2014
  9. Jeff KingAug 23, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoAug 27, 2014
  11. Jeff KingAug 27, 2014
  12. teach fast-export an --anonymize optionJeff King, Aug 27, 2014
  13. Duy NguyenAug 28, 2014
  14. Jeff KingAug 28, 2014
  15. Ramsay JonesAug 28, 2014
  16. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2014
  17. Jeff KingAug 28, 2014
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  19. Jeff KingAug 28, 2014
  20. Eric SunshineAug 31, 2014
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